Active Firefighter Publishes Translation of US Special Disaster Response Manual
Expecting Enhanced Expertise with the U.S. International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) Special Disaster Field Manual
[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] An active-duty firefighter has translated and published a manual for responding to special disaster scenes in the United States.
According to the National Fire Agency on the 10th, Fire Lieutenant Kim Heung-hwan of the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters recently released a translated version of the "Special Disaster Initial Response Manual" (original title: Hazardous Materials for First Responders).
This book is a translation of a manual published by the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA), a U.S. firefighter training institution, based on the standards of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to enhance firefighters' special disaster response capabilities. It consists of a total of 947 pages.
It contains cases of special disasters such as chemical, radioactive, explosive materials, and weapons of mass destruction, along with practical response methods.
Lieutenant Kim, a graduate of the Korea Military Academy, served in the Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) branch before being discharged and becoming a firefighter in 2015 as a career professional in the CBRN field. While working at the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters, he felt the need for a textbook organizing hazardous material response methods in Korea and published the book after four years of translation work.
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The National Fire Agency stated, "Firefighters who initially respond to all land disaster scenes are often deployed to accident sites with highly hazardous chemical substances, and relying on experience alone can expose them to risks that are difficult to acquire." They added, "This translated manual is expected to be a good guide for acquiring expertise in the special disaster field, which is difficult to master in a short period."
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