119 rescue dogs deployed 688 times last year, helping to rescue 27 people - South Korea

Last year, 119 rescue dogs were deployed to disaster sites nearly 690 times and helped rescue 27 people.
On the 8th, the Korea National Fire Agency's Central 119 Rescue Headquarters announced that 11 rescuers working at large and special disaster sites
We introduced the activities of 9 rescue dogs. Currently, there are a total of 37 119 rescue dogs in operation at the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters. The breakdown is 33 general 119 rescue dogs and 4 special purpose dogs.
Of the special-purpose dogs, two fire detection dogs belong to the 119 Rescue Dog Training Team, and two water detection dogs belong to the Chungcheong-Gangwon 119 Special Rescue Team and are deployed to special disaster sites.
Between January and November of last year, 119 rescue dogs were dispatched to disaster sites 688 times, helping to save the lives of 27 people (17 survived, 10 died).
119 rescue dogs have excellent hearing, 50 times that of humans, and a sense of smell, 10,000 times that of humans, allowing them to get into places that are difficult for rescuers to reach and provide evidence.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency explained that the drones play an important role in searching for bases and human life, and also contribute to shortening rescue times.
In particular, at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, in June last year
At the time of the fire, it was a 119 rescue dog that played a crucial role in finding the missing person. 119 rescue dogs undergo local adaptation training and aircraft adaptation training at the 119 rescue dog training team of the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters.
Through response training and training, the dogs are improving their search capabilities and overall tactical capabilities at disaster sites. 119 Rescue Dogs were first introduced to Korea in January 1998, and to date, they have rescued 8,887 disasters.
In August of last year, the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters created the "119 Rescue Dogs" to commemorate the achievements of 119 rescue dogs and to remember their names.
They also created a memorial space for the rescue dogs by creating a monument to them. Song Ho-seong, head of the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters, said, "The role of 119 rescue dogs is becoming more and more important in complex and diverse disaster sites.
"We will continue to make efforts to train and manage 119 rescue dogs in a more stable manner," he said.