Gyeonggi Fire Department Actively Utilizes Private High-Altitude Work Vehicles at High-Rise Disaster Sites

Training for Operators of High-Altitude Operation Disaster Scene Support Vehicles by Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will be the 'first in the nation' to utilize private high-altitude work vehicles at mid-to-high-rise disaster sites and areas inaccessible to large fire trucks.

To this end, on the 19th, the Fire and Disaster Headquarters conducted training for 120 private high-altitude work vehicle cooperation personnel, covering high-rise firefighting activities and cases of high-altitude work vehicle operations, and established a public-private cooperation system by attaching disaster cooperation support vehicle stickers to all vehicles, the headquarters announced on the 20th.

With the establishment of this cooperation system, the Fire and Disaster Headquarters can now additionally use 120 private high-altitude work vehicles for fire suppression and other purposes.

However, to prevent safety accidents related to the use of high-altitude work vehicles, the Fire and Disaster Headquarters plans to conduct regular annual training for cooperating personnel and encourage their participation in firefighting drills.

Cho Sun-ho, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, stated, "There have been cases in the past where private high-altitude vehicles were used to rescue lives during large fires, and we expect this cooperation project to greatly aid in the rapid rescue of lives."

Meanwhile, about 20% of fires in Gyeonggi-do occur on the second floor or higher, and to respond to large-scale disasters, the province has established a cooperation system for mobilizing heavy equipment such as excavators, contaminated water collection tank trucks, and cranes.

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