Busan's fire and disaster headquarters held a three-day joint training exercise from 10 to 12 November at Hwangsan Park in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, to speed up searches for missing people, Drone Magazine reports. The drill brought together drones, fire helicopters, rescue dogs, ground crews and rescue boats.
Helicopters and drones first searched the wide area where a missing person might be, then rescue dogs, ground teams and boats were sent to the suspected spots. All search units used the fire service's VHF aviation radio network so that images from the air could reach the ground command post quickly.
Ahn Sung-ho, head of the special response unit, said fast responses matter more as requests to search for missing people grow, especially for people who cannot get to safety or tell anyone where they are.
