SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Fire Research Institute announced Sunday that it will pilot new visual and audio devices designed to reduce ambulance collisions at intersections, deploying them across seven regions over the next three months. The system combines a “logo light,” which projects warning messages such as “ambulance approaching” onto [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Emergency response drone deployments by South Korean fire departments have increased nearly threefold over the past three years, showcasing the growing role of unmanned aircraft in disaster response and search operations. According to data released by the National Fire Agency on February 26, drone deployments rose from 1,691 in 2021 to [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) has developed a long-term plan in response to a series of cases where emergency patients failed to reach the hospital in time. According to the NFA, ambulances took over an hour to reach the nearest hospital from the accident site in 16,939 cases last [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A new fire truck that can discharge 75,000 liters of water per minute up to a distance of 130 meters has been introduced for the first time in South Korea. The National Fire Agency said Wednesday that it had introduced the nation’s first high-capacity foam discharging system that will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) announced on Tuesday that it plans to predict the risk of fire outbreaks by using fire-related big data analytics. The NFA’s decades-long accumulated data would clear the way for the agency to establish customized precautionary measures to prevent outbreaks of fire. Under this plan, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency announced on Thursday that the number of Korean nationals abroad who used the agency’s 119 emergency medical consultation service totaled 1,287 cases in the first half of this year, up 18.8 percent from 1,083 cases one year ago. The 119 emergency medical consultation service is [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of firefighters are choosing to commit suicide. The National Fire Agency (NFA) reported on Tuesday that as many as 56 firefighters committed suicide between 2015 and 2019, which is twice the number of deaths in the line of duty (23 people). Between 2013 and 2017, 47 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency announced on Wednesday that it had issued ‘heart saver’ certificates to 251 citizens responsible for conducting a successful heart resuscitation on emergency patients. Quick emergency measures by witnesses are crucial to saving a patient experiencing cardiac arrest. The agency has been issuing certificates to citizens [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) plans to submit a legislation bill that will impose stronger punishment on those assaulting paramedics and include a new provision to also punish verbal assaults. The new bill aims to create a safer and healthier working environment for firefighters, which will allow them to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A video about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), titled ‘Heart Racing 100,’ has hit 10 million views on TikTok, the popular short-video platform. The video introduces a variety of dance moves to make CPR fun to learn. Choreographed by South Korean boy band Stray Kids, the dance has been performed by [...]