"Respond Quickly to Emergency Situations for People with Language Disabilities" Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters, 'Sonmal' Sign Language Training

Specialized Lecture for Situation Room Staff by Gyeongnam Deaf Support Center

Employees working at the 119 Comprehensive Situation Room of the Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters are receiving sign language training.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters will provide sign language education to 119 comprehensive situation room staff for four days starting from the 17th to alleviate the inconvenience of reporting for people with speech disabilities and to respond quickly to emergency situations.

80 situation room staff members at the Gyeongnam 119 comprehensive situation room will receive professional training from sign language interpreter Baek Gyeongseok of the Gyeongnam Deaf Support Center.

In preparation for video reports from people with hearing or speech disabilities, they will learn and practice sign language that indicates disability status, addresses including lot numbers, and types of accidents such as fire, water, and electricity.

The provincial fire headquarters plans to continue 119 sign language sentence mastery training in cooperation with related organizations such as the Gyeongnam Deaf Support Center.

Kim Bongcheol, the situation team leader who participated in the training, said, “I will diligently practice sign language so that people with speech disabilities have no difficulty reporting to 119,” adding, “The more I learn sign language, the more confident I become that I can help more people properly.”

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