Abstract

The domestic wildfire extinguishing system is largely composed of ground and aerial firefighting. Ground firefighting used by manpower and extingushing residual fires. Currently, the Korea Forest Service is using a fire extinguisher, a mechanized system, and a back-pack pump as ground fire extinguishing equipment. Among the domestic wildfire extinguishing equipment, the mechanized system is the only firefighting system different from other countries as it utilizes manpower and machinery in consideration of the special forest fire environment in Korea. However, there is no standardized forest fire extinguishing system through quality control of extinguishing equipment and quantification of the efficiency of extinguishing activities. In this study, in order to establish performance evaluation criteria for domestic major ground firefighting equipment, such as fire extinguishing vehicles, mechanized systems, and back pack pumps, the performance evaluation criteria of overseas forest fire extinguishing equipment were investigated and analyzed, and domestic forest fire related activities were conducted through field demonstrations and public hearings. The performance evaluation criteria were presented by collecting the problems of the existing firefighting equipment and matters that need improvement by experts.

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