Yangju City and Yangju Fire Station Conduct Joint Training for AED Drone Delivery

Mayor Kang Su-hyun "Strengthening Cooperation with Yangju Fire Station... Committed to Protecting Citizens' Lives and Safety"

Gyeonggi Yangju City (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) announced on the 26th that it conducted a joint ‘AED Drone Delivery Training’ with Yangju Fire Station (Chief Kang Deok-won) on the 22nd.

Yangju City conducted a joint "AED Drone Delivery Training" with Yangju Fire Station on the 22nd. Photo by Yangju City

Yangju City was selected as a drone demonstration city by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and is implementing drone delivery in collaboration with the drone delivery company ‘BCD ENC Co., Ltd.’

The delivery items include food such as fried chicken, △AED △emergency medical equipment △painkillers △antipyretics △digestive medicine, and other medical supplies, with the project scheduled to continue until the end of November.

This training was conducted under the assumption that a cardiac arrest patient occurred on the lawn of Okjeong Lake Park in the jurisdiction, and an AED was urgently delivered by drone while emergency responders from Yangju Fire Station’s Okjeong 119 Safety Center provided emergency care.

Additionally, Yangju City explained that it is planning further cooperative projects with Yangju Fire Station, such as utilizing delivery drones to drop throwable fire extinguishers at fire scenes for early fire response.

Kang Su-hyun, Mayor of Yangju City, stated, “Emergency drones and firefighting drones are alternatives that can secure the golden time at disaster sites,” adding, “We will continue to strengthen cooperation with Yangju Fire Station to protect the lives and safety of citizens.”