2nd Infantry Division Soldiers provide support to fight fire
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division provided emergency firefighting support to a housing area near Seoul Air Base today. Ä·ÇÁ ÇèÇÁ¸®½º, ´ëÇѹα¹ – ¹Ì Á¦2º¸º´»ç´Ü À庴µéÀÌ ¿À´Ã ¼¿ï°øÇ×ÁÖº¯¿¡ À§Ä¡ÇÑ ÁÖ°ÅÁö¿ª¿¡ ¹ß»ýÇÑ ±ä±Þ ¼Ò¹æ ÀÛ¾÷¿¡ Áö¿øÀ» ¸¶·ÃÇÏ¿´´Ù.
Pilots from the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Inf. Div. flying a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assisted Repulic of Korea aircraft extinguish a fire near a local housing area one kilometer west of Seoul Air Base. ¹Ì2»ç´Ü Á¦2Ç×°ø¿©´Ü Á¶Á¾»çµéÀº UH-60 ºí·¢È£Å© Çï±â¸¦ Ã⵿½ÃÄÑ ¼¿ï°øÇ× ¼ÂÊ ¾à 1ų·Î¹ÌÅÍ ¶³¾îÁø ÁÖ°ÅÁö¿ª ±Ùó ÈÀ縦 Áø¾ÐÇϴµ¥ Çѱ¹ Á¤ºÎ Ç×°ø±â¸¦ Áö¿øÇÏ¿´´Ù. Capt. Jesus E. Maldonado, a Black Hawk pilot, noticed the fire just prior to landing after a training mission and called the operations tower at Seoul Air Base to offer assistance when he noticed only one ROK aircraft attempting to extinguish the fire. ºí·¢È£Å© Á¶Á¾»çÀÎ ÁöÁ®½º ¸»µµ³ªµµ ´ëÀ§´Â ÈÆ·ÃÈÄ Âø·úÀü¿¡ ÈÀ縦 ¹ß°ßÇÏ¿´°í Çѱ¹ Ç×°ø±â ÇÑ ´ë ¸¸ ÈÀç Áø¾ÐÀ» ½ÃµµÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» ¹ß°ßÇßÀ» ¶§ ±×´Â ¼¿ï°øÇ× °üÀç¼Ò ÀÛÀü°ú¿¡ ÀüÈÇÏ¿© Áö¿øÀ» Á¦¾ÈÇß´Ù. The aircraft crew used a “BAMBI Bucket” to drop water on the fire from the air until the fire was exteringuished. Ç×°ø±â ½Â¹«¿øµéÀº “¹ãºñ ¹öÄÆ”À» »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ÈÀç°¡ Áø¾ÐµÉ ¶§±îÁö °øÁß¿¡¼ ÈÀçÁö¿ªÀ» ÇâÇØ ¹°À» »ìÆ÷Çß´Ù. “I was worried and I didn’t want the fire to spread to the housing area because both local Koreans and U.S. servicemembers and their families live there,” saidMaldonado. ¸»µµ³ªµµ´Â “Àú´Â °ÆÁ¤ÀÌ µÇ¾ú°í ÈÀç°¡ °ÅÁÖÁö¿ªÀ¸·Î ¹øÁö´Â °ÍÀ» ¿øÄ¡ ¾Ê¾Ò½À´Ï´Ù. ¿Ö³ÄÇÏ¸é ±×°÷ °ÅÁÖÁö¿ª¿£ Áö¿ª Çѱ¹Àΰú ¹Ì±º À庴µé°ú °¡Á·µéÀÌ »ì°í ÀÖ´Â °÷À̾ú±â ¶§¹®ÀÔ´Ï´Ù.”
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Photo 1: UH-60 Black Hawk refills a BAMBI bucket while providing emergeny firefighting support to help extinguish a fire near a local housing area near Seoul Air Base Saturday. (Courtesy photo) »çÁø1: UH-60ºí·¢È£Å©°¡ Åä¿äÀÏ ¼¿ï°øÇ× ÁÖº¯ ÁÖ°ÅÁö¿ª¿¡ ÈÀç Áø¾ÐÀ» µ½±â À§ÇØ ±ä±Þ ÈÀç Áø¾Ð Áö¿ø Áß ¹ãºñ Åë¿¡ ¹°À» ´ã°í ÀÖ´Ù.
Photo 2: UH – 60 Blackhawk dumps a BAMBI bucket full of water to help extinguish a fire near Seoul Air Base Staurday. (Courtesy photo) »çÁø2: UH-60ºí·¢È£Å©°¡ Åä¿äÀÏ ¼¿ï°øÇ× ÁÖº¯ ÁÖ°ÅÁö¿ª¿¡ ÈÀç Áø¾ÐÀ» µ½±â À§ÇØ ¹ãºñ Åë¿¡ ¹°À» ½ñ¾Æº×°í ÀÖ´Ù.
Photo 3: 2nd Inf. Div. helicopter pilots assist local ROK aircraft with extinguishing this fire near Seoul Air Base Staurday. »çÁø3: ¹Ì Á¦2º¸º´»ç´Ü Çï±â Á¶Á¾»çµéÀÌ Åä¿äÀÏ ¼¿ï°øÇ× ÁÖº¯ ÈÀç Áø¾Ð¿¡ Çѱ¹ Ç×°ø±â¸¦ Áö¿øÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù.
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