Gyeonggi Northern Fire Department Rescues 3,329 People in First Half of Year... Dispatched Every 9 Minutes

Rescue Personnel Increased Sharply by 31% from 2,542 Last Year to 3,329 This Year

Mountain Accident Rescue Operations [Gyeonggi Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] In the first half of this year, the average daily dispatch count of the 119 Fire Rescue Team in northern Gyeonggi Province was identified as 152.5 cases.

Regarding the dispatch frequency, they were dispatched approximately once every 9 minutes, conducted a rescue once every 12 minutes, and rescued one person every 1 hour and 18 minutes.

Compared to the first half of last year, when one person was rescued every 1 hour and 43 minutes, this shows more active rescue activities.

The Gyeonggi-do Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 19th that "According to the '2022 First Half Northern Gyeonggi Rescue Activity Analysis Results,' both the number of dispatches and the number of rescued individuals increased compared to the same period last year."

According to statistics from the Northern Fire Headquarters, the number of rescue dispatches was 27,610, the number of rescue cases handled was 20,800, and the number of people rescued was 3,329.

Compared to the statistics from the first half of last year, the number of rescue dispatches slightly increased by 3.5% (up 942 cases), and the number of rescue cases handled also rose by 6.1% (up 1,201 cases). The number of people rescued increased by about 31% (up 787 cases).

The types of rescue dispatches were led by 'fire' related rescues with 3,661 cases (17.6%), followed by 'traffic accidents' with 2,315 cases (11.1%), 'animal handling' with 1,586 cases (7.6%), and 'location confirmation' with 1,186 cases (5.7%).

Additionally, the monthly dispatch status showed a sharp increase from January through June.

Jo Cheon-muk, Head of Response at the Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters, stated, "The increase in various leisure activities due to the lifting of COVID-19 social distancing measures and the return to daily life this year was analyzed as the main cause of the increase in rescue activities."

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