Gwangju Fire Department Publishes 'Firefighting Activity White Paper' on New Apartment Collapse Accident

Including Unreleased Footage

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan Fire Safety Headquarters has published the ‘31-Day Firefighting Activity White Paper’ in response to the collapse accident at the Hyundai Industrial Development apartment construction site that occurred in the Gwangju area last January.

This is the first time that the Gwangju Fire Headquarters has published a white paper.

To produce the white paper, a dedicated task force (TF) was formed in February after completing all rescue operations related to the collapse accident, conducting various data collection, on-site personnel interviews, surveys, and expert consultations.

The white paper is composed of appendices that include a summary of major events by date to provide an overview of the collapse accident site, activities in various fields such as safety management, preparation of improvement measures, expert recommendations, key documents produced on-site, and three-dimensional (3D) analysis.

In particular, parts that cannot be expressed in writing were supplemented with QR codes that organize the process from the first day to the last day of the accident in video format. The videos include previously unreleased footage that had never been disclosed to the media.

Additionally, the daily activities were recorded in a third-person storytelling style to make it easy for anyone to read and understand, differentiating it from existing white papers.

Kim Young-il, Head of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services, said, “We have candidly documented the response process to a collapse accident that is hard to find worldwide,” and added, “We hope this white paper will serve as valuable material not only for educational purposes of related organizations but also for establishing various disaster safety measures.”

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