Professor Kang Seok-hwa of Gyeonggi Fire Service Academy Wins Excellence Award at National Education and Training Competition

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Professor Kang Seok-hwa (Fire Lieutenant) of Gyeonggi Fire School, affiliated with the Gyeonggi Fire Disaster Headquarters, received an Excellence Award at the nationwide fire service personnel education and training competition.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters announced on the 25th that Professor Kang won the Excellence Award in the research and development category at the 26th National Fire Service Personnel Education and Training Competition hosted by the Central Fire School.

The competition, held to develop the teaching capabilities of fire service personnel and to share and disseminate excellent research achievements, featured a total of 10 teams from fire schools and headquarters nationwide competing against each other.

The evaluation was conducted by submitting research results on curriculum development and operation, with expert judges assessing whether the results could be practically applied in actual education and training institutions.

Professor Kang received the Excellence Award (Minister of the Interior and Safety Award) for his research paper titled "An Empirical Analysis of Factors Affecting Command Competency Enhancement in VR-Based Fire Education and Training (Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Facilitators)."

Professor Kang expressed his gratitude, saying, "I believe this good result was possible thanks to the support and encouragement of my colleagues," and added, "I will continue to research and strive to become a better professor through this award."

Professor Kang will participate in the 39th Public HRD Contest hosted by the National Human Resources Development Institute in the second half of this year.

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