Workers, shoppers and hotel guests evacuated buildings across South Korea on June 20 in an unprecedented nationwide fire drill to beef up public safety following the ferry disaster that claimed around 300 lives in April.
The NEMA spokesman said the drill was aimed at honing emergency response times to a major fire, with a particular focus on the "golden hour", the time period following traumatic injury during which there is the highest likelihood that prompt medical treatment will prevent death. |
