The First Female Fire Captain in Gwangju Fire Department Emerges
Lee Jeong-ja Appointed and Promoted to Fire Captain
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 30th that it will promote and appoint Lee Jeong-ja (54), a female firefighter and head of rescue at the Fire Safety Headquarters, to the rank of Fire Commissioner (Grade 4) effective next month on the 1st.
This is the first time a woman has been appointed to the rank of Fire Commissioner, equivalent to a fire station chief, in Gwangju Fire Department, and she has been assigned as the head of the city's Rescue and Emergency Medical Services Division, responsible for the safety of Gwangju citizens at the scene.
Commissioner Lee, who first entered the fire service in 1986, has continuously strived to break the stereotypes and glass ceiling of being a woman among firefighters, which were then considered a male domain, earning the trust of her colleagues through her strong sense of responsibility and meticulous work.
Currently, there are a total of 118 female firefighters in Gwangju City, accounting for 8.2% of the total 1,442 personnel.
In particular, after being appointed as a firefighter through the open competitive exam, she has worked in various departments including the Headquarters' Life Safety Division, Emergency Medical Services Division, Rescue Division, and the Fire Policy Division at the Central Fire Headquarters of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (now the National Fire Agency). Last year, she earned a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Chonnam National University Graduate School with a dissertation titled "A Study on the Performance of International Safe City Projects Using Logical Models."
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Lee Jeong-ja, head of the city's Rescue and Emergency Medical Services Division, said, "I will do my best to build a strong fire service that spares no support for firefighting capabilities in preparation for the spread of COVID-19 and takes responsibility for citizen safety."
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