Jeonnam Firefighters Sweat It Out in Rope Rescue Skills Enhancement Training

Increasing Mountain Accidents... Full Effort to Enhance On-Site Response Capability

Detailed Training Courses... Improving Training Completeness for Each Member

Jeonnam firefighters are sweating it out in training to protect the safety and lives of the residents.

On the 10th, according to the Jeonnam Fire Headquarters (Chief Hong Young-geun), 30 rescue team members are dedicating themselves to training in life-saving rescue processes using ropes to prepare for mountain accidents such as hiking.

Jeonnam Fire Headquarters rescue team members are conducting life-saving training using ropes.
[Photo by Jeonnam Fire Headquarters]

The 4th specialized rope training, which started on the 7th, will continue for five days until the 11th.

Last year, mountain accidents totaled 432 cases, a 9.6% increase compared to the recent three-year average (2019?2021) of 394 cases. With the summer passing and hiking becoming more active in the fall season, there is a growing demand to enhance the on-site response capabilities of rescue team members.

Accordingly, Jeonnam Fire is strengthening the rope expertise of each rescue team member to enable quick and safe life-saving rescues using ropes when mountain accidents or valley isolation incidents occur.

In particular, this training is conducting more advanced specialized education by utilizing an instructor pool with expert knowledge of ropes to enhance on-site response capabilities.

Additionally, to improve the completeness of the training, the curriculum has been subdivided into ▲ rope access ▲ various securing systems ▲ horizontal and vertical rescue ▲ cross hauling, among others.

Park Cheon-jo, head of the Jeonnam Fire Academy, said, “We hope that many specialized rescue team members skilled in rope rescue will be trained through this exercise,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to ensure that rescue team training courses related to protecting residents’ lives operate smoothly.”

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