Cooperation on Screen, Safety on Site... Hanam City Sets New Milestone with Korea's First 'Video Conference Disaster Response'

Hanam City Significantly Strengthens Electric Vehicle Fire Response
with 'Hanam-Style One-Stop Collaborative Administration'
Based on Video Conference System

The 'Real-Time Video Conference System for Institutional Heads and Civil Petitioners,' which Hanam City in Gyeonggi Province introduced for the first time in Korea, has rapidly emerged as a powerful 'regional disaster safety control tower' that goes beyond being a simple communication channel, encompassing both the police and fire departments.

Lee Hyunjae, Mayor of Hanam City, is conducting a 'Joint Training for Electric Vehicle Fire Response' together with Hanam Police Station and Hanam Fire Station, based on the collaboration model derived from the institutional heads' video conference held at Hoban Summit Edu Park on the 24th. Provided by Hanam City

According to Hanam City on November 25, the city conducted a 'Joint Training for Electric Vehicle Fire Response' together with Hanam Police Station and Hanam Fire Station at Hoban Summit Edu Park on November 24. This training was based on the collaboration model derived from the institutional heads' video conference.

Notably, Hong Jongwan, Director General for Social Disaster at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, personally attended the training, demonstrating the central government's strong interest in Hanam City's pioneering disaster response model.

This training was not a one-off event, but rather the culmination of intense deliberation and communication that has continued since June, resulting in a multidimensional collaboration. The apartment complex in question experienced a serious incident on June 25, when an electric vehicle fire in the underground parking lot led to the complete destruction of a vehicle, property damage amounting to 15 million won, and the emergency evacuation of over 70 residents. As residents' anxiety peaked, the city promptly held a 'video civil petition consultation' in August to propose an initial solution, and then, through the nation's first 'institutional heads video conference' on November 10, finalized the training plan.

Hanam City and Hanam Fire Station did not stop there, pushing the completeness of the training to the highest level. Both organizations jointly analyzed the training data from the exercise conducted at Gamail Prugio Markver on November 19 and addressed any shortcomings. Based on this, the fire station improved the efficiency of actual deployment of fire trucks and shortened the installation time for mobile water tanks, while the city refined support procedures such as towing, greatly enhancing real-world response capabilities.

At the training site, the city hall, fire department, and police department worked together seamlessly, almost like a single organism. Hanam Police Station controlled vehicle access to the underground parking lot from the start of the exercise and established a secondary control line to ensure safety at the scene.

Within the secured safety zone, Hanam Fire Station deployed a 'light line' and 'ventilation fan' to penetrate thick smoke and used a 'mobile water tank' to suppress thermal runaway, a major challenge in electric vehicle fires. Hanam City quickly towed the remaining vehicles from the basement to the ground after the fire was extinguished, taking charge of post-incident recovery.

Mayor Lee Hyunjae stated, "This training is the result of combining the inter-agency network memorandum of understanding established in March with the November institutional heads video conference, creating the 'Hanam-style one-stop collaborative administration.' As this system, the first of its kind in the country, has been proven by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to be the most powerful tool for protecting citizens' safety, we will continue to maintain perfect cooperation with related organizations in the future."

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