It's Okay to Say You're Struggling, YOU~ Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters Will Listen to Everything!

Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters 119 Comprehensive Situation Room operators are receiving training on how to respond to suicide crisis reports.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters is conducting training to improve fire response capabilities at suicide crisis scenes to prevent residents from making extreme choices.

The headquarters has invited a mental health expert instructor from the Gyeongnam Provincial Mental Health Welfare Center and plans to provide related training to about 80 119 comprehensive situation room dispatch operators in four sessions by the 28th.

The training will focus on ▲ identifying and responding to crisis states during the reporting and reception stages ▲ characteristics of suicide attempters ▲ signs of suicide risk ▲ response methods according to symptoms of mental illness patients.

In addition to this training, the Fire Headquarters plans to continuously establish a cooperative system with the regional suicide prevention centers to enhance various training and on-site response capabilities.

Chief Kim Jonggeun said, “119 dispatch operators are often the first to encounter residents in crisis of extreme choices,” and added, “We will listen carefully even to the smallest voices of callers and do our best to protect the lives of residents.”

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