Jeonnam Fire Department's '119 Life Safety Patrol' Selected as an Excellent Case of Proactive Administration

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Fire Department's outreach, community-based fire service '119 Life Safety Patrol Team' has been selected as an excellent case of proactive administration.

Jeonnam Fire Headquarters announced on the 27th that the 119 Life Safety Patrol Team was selected as the best case in the second half proactive administration competition of Jeonnam Province.

This fire service involves firefighters with professional qualifications such as rescue and emergency medical services directly visiting vulnerable groups like elderly living alone in the community to remove risk factors in advance. Jeonnam Fire Department was the first in the nation to implement this.

Jeonnam is entering a super-aged society, with a high proportion of elderly population in farming and fishing villages, making small daily risk factors likely to develop into threats to the lives and safety of residents.

To address this, the patrol team selects vulnerable households in consultation with village chiefs and firefighters directly visit to conduct ▲ residential fire safety inspections ▲ daily medical services ▲ improvement of inconveniences and hazardous environments.

This year, they visited 15,206 households and removed 176,605 fire risk factors, and provided customized daily medical services such as diabetes and blood pressure checks and medication management (expired drugs) to 17,949 vulnerable individuals.

Kim Joil, Fire Headquarters Chief, said, “In 2023, we will do our best to ensure that the benefits of life safety reach all residents through the thorough and proactive activities of the 119 Life Safety Patrol Team.”

Meanwhile, Jeonnam Province holds an annual proactive administration competition for all public institutions in the province to create a proactive public service society and selects excellent cases.

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