Korea Public Safety
there is a webpage by Firefighter ?Son/?Kim - in 1999 - ?gone in 2000 - had a looped picture of him waving or saluting
Overview of Korean Fire Services
Korean Fire Safety Association - ?not in English
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Seoul FD Website- has links to other FD websites
Seoul Fire Stations- Sept 2000
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from www.koreaherald.co.kr - Digital Korea Herald
100 killed in 7,000 fires in Seoul last year - While the number of fires in Seoul last year increased only marginally from 1999's figure, the number of human casualties from the blazes almost doubled, fire prevention officials at the Seoul city government said yesterday. A total of 7,058 fires occurred in the capital city last year, up about 2-percent from 6,917 in 1999. But the death toll increased by more than 96 percent to 100 from 51 in 1999. The number injuries also rose by about 20 percent to 332. Among the total of 432 people who died or were injured, 121 suffered from fires that were caused by short circuit, 83 by arson and 70 by gas leakage. 13 were also killed while playing with fires. Officials at the Fire Prevention Headquarters at City Hall attributed the increase in the number of human casualties to the almost two-fold increase in the number of casualties from arsons. Meanwhile, the fires caused losses of about 17.3 billion won ($16 million), a 27 percent increase from 13.6 billion won lost in fires in 1999, officials said. (CJS) 2001.01.04 (03Jan01)
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121st US Army Military Hospital Website - at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul - pg 25 has list of Seoul are hospitals - on base dial 116 or 737-0116 for an ambulance - offbase dial 7917-0116
Per Lonely Planet's "Seoul 1999" - a boulevard or a large street is known as a "no" or a "ro" in Seoul - therefore Ulchiro and Chungno are large streets - "gil" is a small street - "ga" is a section of a large street (Chongno 2-ga, Chongno 3-ga, etc) - most businesses will fax a map to customers instead of giving an address or directions because the addressing system is very poor and very imprecise - asking bystanders and police officers for directions is advised
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12 Jan 2005
LifePort delivers BK-117 Air Medical System to South Korea
Woodland, WA - as part of it�s ongoing partnership with LG International Aviation Team, South Korea, LifePort, Inc. has recently completed an air medical interior contract to design, manufacture, certify and install a fully self-contained Patient Loading Utility System (PLUS), 4-drawer Medical Cabinet and LifeGard MedFloor into a BK-117B3 for multi-mission flights by Kangwon Fire Department, Kangwon province South Korea.
This is the fifth (5) complete air medical system LifePort has delivered into South Korea. Other air medical aircraft systems LifePort has delivered to LG International include Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin, Eurocopter AS350 numerous Russian built KAMOV KA-32s.
LifePort, Inc. has been providing custom solutions for aircraft medical interiors for over fourteen years. For more information, contact Frank Graham, Vice President, Sales by phone at (360) 225-1212 or email frank@lifeport.com, or visit our new website www.lifeport.com.
info from www.rotorhub.com
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Updated - 5July00 - added Korean Fire Safety Assn + Woorif - 7Sept00 - Seoul FD - Army Hosp - ?FD Website - 20Sept20 - Seoul Vehicles - 03Jan01 - Seoul Fire Stats for 2000 - 12 Jan 2005 - new EMS helo
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