Thanks to a resident who didn't miss the groaning sounds coming from the next-door home and called it in, a man in his 20s in a life-threatening situation was saved.
According to the Daegu Fire Safety Headquarters on the 25th, at about 4:51 p.m. on the 24th, a report came in from an apartment in Chilseong-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu, saying, "There are groaning sounds coming from the next door."
Fire authorities were dispatched to the scene three minutes after the report was received.
After arriving, firefighters knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside. The crew notified the apartment management office to forcibly open the door. The management office secured the resident's contact information for the unit and, after speaking with a guardian, obtained the front door passcode.
Entering the home, the crew rescued a man in his 20s who was found collapsed in the bathtub 17 minutes after the report was received.
At the time, the man was conscious but had left-sided hemiplegia, showing paralysis symptoms on the left side of the body. The crew immediately provided first aid and transported the man to a hospital. He is currently reported to be in stable condition with no risk to life.
Park Jeong-won, head of the Daegu 119 General Situation Room, said, "Thanks to the careful attention and quick report by a neighboring resident, and the active cooperation of the management office, we were able to save a precious life," adding, "If information such as emergency contact details for residents in multiunit housing is well managed, it greatly helps in responding to emergencies."