Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters Produces First Female 'Rescue Specialist' ... Chilgok Fire Station Firefighter Kim Eun-hye

This Year's Pass Rate 31.7% ... "A Discipline Difficult Even for Male Firefighters to Pass"

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongsangbuk-do Fire Headquarters announced on the 16th that from the 9th to the 13th, the 2020 Level 2 Life Rescuer Certification Exam was held at the Gyeongbuk Fire School, and out of 142 candidates, 45 passed, recording a pass rate of 31.7%.

In this year's exam, firefighter Kim Eun-hye from Chilgok Fire Station earned the honor of being the first woman in the Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters to pass the Life Rescuer Certification Exam.

The Life Rescuer qualification is granted to specialized rescue personnel capable of saving lives in any crisis, evaluating a combination of basic physical fitness and specialized life rescue skills. The exam process applies the same standards to both men and women.

The evaluation criteria include 60 repetitions of a 20m shuttle run, completing 200m swimming within 5 minutes, entry and underwater life rescue, vertical and horizontal rope rescue, and traffic accident life rescue. The Fire Headquarters explained that these are events that even male firefighters find difficult to pass.

Last year, 100 candidates took the Life Rescuer Certification Exam, with 38 (38%) passing, and the average pass rate remains only in the 30% range annually.

Firefighter Kim Eun-hye expressed joy, saying, "Thanks to the passionate support of my husband (Chae Hae-seung, a member of the Gyeongbuk 119 Special Rescue Team) and training with a sense of duty as a firefighter, not just as a woman, for the safety of the residents, I was able to achieve good results."

Nam Hwa-young, head of the Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters, stated, "Rescuing lives at various disaster sites is a mission and responsibility that all firefighters have regardless of gender," and pledged, "We will continue to strengthen the training of life rescuers to provide high-quality rescue services for residents who need a helping hand somewhere today as well."

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