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 [...]
CHUNCHEON, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gangwon Fire HeadQuarters on Wednesday thanked firefighters who came from across the country to join in the effort to fight massive wildfires in eastern coastal areas. Following a nationwide mobilization of firefighters on March 4, some 300 firefighters and 109 fire trucks banded together to fight the fires. [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters said Wednesday it has donated all proceeds from the 2022 ‘Firefighters Calendar for Hope,’ along with extra donations, to the Hallym Burn Foundation. The agency raised a total of 107 million won (US$88,900) from calendar sales, donations from private companies and joint [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first labor union for firefighters is set to be inaugurated in the latter half of this year. On Monday, the Federation of Korean Trade Unions held a press conference in Seoul regarding the establishment of a preparatory committee for the inauguration of the nation’s first firefighter labor [...]
CHEONAN, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A new robot arm has been developed to imitate the movements of the operator. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology announced Wednesday that a new special-purpose robot arm had been developed to protect firefighters in the field and carry out complex rescue missions. The robot arm is [...]