"Within 20 Minutes Anywhere" Chungnam Province Deploys Wildfire-Fighting Helicopters by Region
Five Regions Including Hongseong, Nonsan, Cheonan, Boryeong, and Seosan
Forward Deployment of Wildfire Suppression Helicopters for Wildfire Response
Spring Wildfire Prevention Activities Conducted from February to May
Wildfire suppression helicopters will be deployed by region in Chungnam.
On the 17th, Chungnam Province announced that five leased wildfire suppression helicopters will be forward-deployed by region to respond to wildfires. The regions are divided into Hongseong, Nonsan, Cheonan, Boryeong, and Seosan.
The helicopters to be deployed on site include five medium-sized helicopters: two KA-32A models with a capacity of 4,800 liters each, one S-61N model with 3,400 liters, one AS-365 model with 910 liters, and one S-61N model with 3,785 liters. The total available water capacity for wildfire suppression with these helicopters amounts to approximately 17,695 liters.
Chungnam Province expects that with the regional deployment of wildfire suppression helicopters, helicopters can be dispatched to any wildfire site within Chungnam within 20 minutes of occurrence.
The wildfire suppression helicopters will conduct aerial patrols to prevent wildfires during the frequent spring and autumn seasons, and will take off immediately to engage in suppression activities when a wildfire occurs.
From next month until May 15, Chungnam Province, along with city, county, and town offices totaling 216 institutions, will establish wildfire prevention headquarters to carry out spring wildfire prevention activities.
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Yoon Hyo-sang, Director of the Forest Resources Division of Chungnam Province, said, “In spring, there are many cases where burning the edges of rice paddies and fields adjacent to forests leads to wildfires. We ask people to refrain from burning during the dry spring weather and to be careful to prevent accidental fires caused by visitors to the mountains.”
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