Firefighting Helicopter with 15,000 Hours of Accident-Free Flight Over 23 Years Continues Safe Operations

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters held a commemorative event on the 10th to mark Fire Aviation Safety Day.

Gyeonggi-do Fire Department held a meaningful event to continue its 15,000-hour accident-free operation record of fire helicopters over 23 years.

On the 10th, the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced that it held the '2023 Fire Aviation Safety Day' event at the special response team's hangar in Yongin, attended by Cho Seon-ho, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, Oh Eun-seok, head of the Special Response Team, and about 40 aviation and rescue personnel from the Special Response Team.

The event was organized to strengthen awareness of aviation safety. The program included Foreign Object Debris (F.O.D) removal activities within the helicopter hangar, reading of the aviation safety pledge, and a safety discussion analyzing major accident cases.

Cho Seon-ho, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, said, "We held the Fire Aviation Safety Day event to enhance the safety awareness of the Special Response Team and establish a safety culture. It was an occasion to pledge dedication to protecting the lives and property of residents and to make greater efforts toward fire aviation safety. We will continue to do our best to respond flawlessly to disaster scenes."

The Gyeonggi-do Special Response Team's fire helicopter set a record of 15,000 hours of accident-free flight time over 23 years, from August 22, 1999, to August last year. This is the first such record among fire aviation teams nationwide.

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