Jeonnam Fire Department Rescued an Average of 12 People per Day in 2023

30,670 Rescue Dispatches and 4,544 People Rescued

The Jeonnam Fire Headquarters reported that it rescued an average of 12 people per day throughout 2023.

According to the '2023 Rescue Activity Statistics' announced by Jeonnam Fire on the 20th, Jeonnam Fire responded to a total of 30,670 rescue dispatches, handled 17,064 cases, and rescued 4,544 people.

This means they dispatched 84 times a day, handled 47 cases, and rescued 12 people daily.

By type of rescue, traffic accident dispatches were the most frequent with 9,042 cases (29.5%), followed by fires with 7,196 cases (23.5%), location confirmations with 5,411 cases (17.6%), suicides with 2,299 cases (7.5%), elevators with 792 cases (4.6%), and human entrapment, water-related and mountain accidents totaling 5,930 cases.

The number of cases handled was similar to dispatch numbers, with traffic accidents at 5,267 cases (30.9%), fires at 3,236 cases (19%), and location confirmations at 3,105 cases (18.2%). However, the number of people rescued was highest in traffic accidents with 1,818 people (40%), elevators with 650 people (14.3%), and location confirmations with 598 people (13.2%).

Overall, traffic accident types showed the highest figures in rescue dispatches, cases handled, and number of people rescued.

By season, summer accounted for 8,912 cases (29.1%), spring 7,644 cases (24.9%), autumn 7,248 cases (23.6%), and winter 6,866 cases (22.4%). The main accident types in spring and autumn were fires, mountain accidents, and location confirmations; in summer, traffic, water-related, and terrorism; and in winter, fires, traffic, and location confirmations.

Rescue activities were classified into 16 accident types (fire, traffic, elevator, human entrapment, suspected suicide, location confirmation, mountain, water-related, fall, crush, collapse/demolition, leakage accident, explosion, terrorism, aircraft accident, and other accidents) and analyzed by season.

Among the four seasons, summer recorded the highest rescue activities in 11 types: traffic, elevator, human entrapment, suspected suicide, water-related, crush, collapse/demolition, leakage accident, explosion, and suspected terrorism.

Out of the 16 rescue activity types, 11 ranked first in summer. Notably, two types?water-related and suspected terrorism?were attributed to last year's heavy rains and an unidentified international mail incident, respectively.

Hong Young-geun, the head of the headquarters, stated, “We will utilize statistical data to strengthen the specialized capabilities of rescue personnel by accident type to minimize casualties among residents.”