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With this disaster as an opportunity, the voices that we need to protect the safety of firefighters who are dedicated to others are growing again. To see how the regulations are and how they are being observed in reality, our reporters obtained and looked at the fire department materials containing the fire site command manual.



Reporter Suwon-wook reports.



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This is a 'disaster site standard operation procedure' that is revised and published annually by the Fire Department.



This manual contains general guidelines for firefighters' work as well as fire and rescue sites.



Identification of personnel safety threats is a top priority in the fire scene command process.



The presence of a claimant is the next priority, and the commander should put the safety of the field crew first.



However, it is pointed out whether such a commanding principle was really followed at the fire site of the Pyeongtaek Refrigerated Warehouse.



It was said that there were three more workers left in the building, but it was a cold storage building under construction that was vulnerable to fire, so the dispatch of rescuers should have been more careful.



[Kim Joo-hyung/Director General of Fire Union: I think he gave instructions in the part that there might be people who died, even if there were no human casualties, even if there were no living ones, but now it is too hasty.



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Looking at 367 candidates from the National Fire Department or higher, who are mainly responsible for on-site command, the average experience of being directly involved in firefighting or rescue is only 10 months.



[Frontline Firefighter: In the reality of firefighting now, there are no conductors who have experienced fire, rescue, and first aid. I think it's right to say that there are very few.] The



government's measures to prevent the unfortunate sacrifice of firefighters after the Coupang Logistics Center disaster last year, when one firefighter was sacrificed, are also standing still.



The field commander qualification certification system was established to standardize field commander qualifications step by step.



To this end, there are only three 'Command Competency Reinforcement Centers' nationwide, which were planned to be expanded nationwide.



[Lee Young-joo/Professor of



Fire and Disaster Prevention Department

, Seoul National University: Whether it is various simulations to strengthen commanding competency, it is necessary to conduct education and training by activating these parts more actively.]

He announced that he would increase the number of commanding competency centers to six more by 2025.



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, Kim Yong-woo, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee)



▶ Investigation of 'excessive shortening of air' as well as the cause of the fire