SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Kwak Kyung-taek’s latest film, “Firefighters,” remained the top choice at the local box office. According to the Korean Film Council’s computerized box-office tally Monday, the disaster film topped the weekend box office for the second consecutive week, attracting an audience of 510,000 from Friday to Sunday. The movie, [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – On October 30, in Busan’s Haeundae district, 952 firefighters from across the nation converged at the Haeundae LCT The Sharp building for the third annual National Firefighters’ Stair Climb Competition. Set in South Korea’s second-tallest building, the event tested their stamina, requiring each firefighter to climb 2,372 steps from ground [...]
SEOGWIPO, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In early 2023, Chung Eui-sun, the chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, directed his executive team to develop a “firefighter recovery vehicle” after learning that only 10 such vehicles existed nationwide, and they were aging rapidly. Chung suggested utilizing the company’s hydrogen bus technology for this purpose. The initiative was sparked [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Fire Agency of South Korea announced on July 9 that it would launch its first specialized program to train officiants for memorial services or commemoration ceremonies for firefighters nationwide. Officiants, known as “jipryegwan” in Korean, are responsible for overseeing memorial services and commemorative events. This initiative aims to [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has shed light on the varying perceptions of occupational prestige across different countries, with lawmakers being held in high regard in Korea, China, and Japan, while firefighters are esteemed in the U.S. and Germany. The research, conducted by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training [...]
MUNGYEONG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Two firefighters were found dead early Thursday after they were trapped at a burning meat processing factory in the central city of Mungyeong while on a mission to search for fire victims, authorities said. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of the firefighters, Kim, 27, and Park, 35, from [...]
SUWON, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province’s fire department said Wednesday it had created a new firefighting dispatch ringtone based on the judgment that existing ringtones designed to inform firefighters about the occurrence of emergency situations were a source of stress. When reports are received by the emergency control center, they are classified into [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Firefighters at the forefront of saving lives are suffering from worse psychological disorders than before. A survey conducted by the National Fire Agency of 54,056 firefighters showed that 29.8 percent were suffering from sleep disorders caused by stress at work. This was 7 percentage points higher than last year. [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A stair-climbing competition for firefighters took place at Haeundae LCT, a 101-story tall seaside skyscraper complex in Busan on Wednesday. A total of 670 firefighters from across the country participated in a race to climb 2,372 stairs from the first floor to the 100th floor. For firefighters wearing a [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) has announced a plan to train a group of firefighters specializing in responding to chemical accidents as part of efforts to upgrade the agency’s overall capability in dealing with chemical accidents. The NFA said Sunday it enforced a new rule to operate a chemical [...]