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[Chart 3-9] The Military’s Aid to Civilians in the Past Five Years
As of November 30, 2020
No. of Support No. of Equipment
Year Activities
Personnel Pieces
Total 978,348 76,963
Forest fire and fire 5,180 180
Foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza (AI) and pine wilt 5,658 577
disease control
Drought, heavy rainfall, Typhoon Chaba, and earthquake 55,227 594
2016 damage support
Heavy snowfall damage restoration, building collapse aid, 5,573 47
and marine pollution damages restoration
Missing civilians’ search and rescue 2,111 95
Railroad and cargo labor union strike control 35,410 400
Forest fire and fire 23,707 169
Drought, heavy rainfall, and typhoon damage support 39,003 1,736
2017 Missing civilians’ search and rescue 2,473 152
Foot-and-mouth disease and AI control 33,042 3,279
Heavy snowfall and earthquake damage support 17,474 659
Forest fire support 8,970 186
Drought, heavy rainfall, and typhoon damage support 16,125 8,168
2018 Missing civilians’ search and rescue 1,165 219
Foot-and-mouth disease and AI control 10,452 1,246
Heavy snowfall and earthquake damage support 7,848 13
Forest fire and fire 22,442 526
Heatwave, drought, typhoon, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall 64,745 2,319
748
Missing civilians’ search and rescue 4,208
2019 (15 military dogs)
Blocking the spread of AI and ASF 108,985 7,490
Railroad and cargo labor union strike control 3,900 -
Marine pollution, Incheon red water, etc. 908 401
Forest fire and fire 1,984 89
Heatwave, drought, typhoon, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall 128,699 17,063
2020 Missing civilians’ search and rescue 5,604 778
Blocking the spread of AI and ASF 60,161 6,108
Public support for COVID-19 307,294 24,469

On November 9 of the same year, a helicopter crashed after being dispatched from
the Forest Service to evacuate injured seamen from a fishing boat working in the
Dokdo area. In response, the ROK Armed Forces provided advanced equipment
such as military ships capable of underwater navigation including the ROKS
Cheonghaejin and aircraft lighting for SAR at night. As a result, three among the
missing persons were rescued and the fuselage and the f ight recorder of the crashed
helicopter were recovered. Even in succeeding disasters such as the sinking of a
civilian f shing boat due to a f re near Jeju Island, the ROK Armed Forces conducted
maritime accident rescue activities utilizing advanced military assets for rescuing
missing persons and searching and recovering fishing boat, which contributed to

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