Selecting Seoul's Top Firefighter... Seoul Fire Department Hosts 'Seoul Firefighting Skills Competition'

Competition Divided into Four Categories: Firefighting, Rescue, Emergency Medical Services, and Best Firefighter
Team Champion and Individual 1st-2nd Place Winners to Represent Seoul at the National Firefighting Skills Competition

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 22nd that the ‘2022 Seoul Firefighting Skills Competition’ to select players for the National Firefighting Skills Competition is being held at the Seoul Fire Academy located in Eunpyeong-gu.

Held over four days from the 20th to the 23rd, this Seoul Firefighting Skills Competition is divided into four categories: △Fire Suppression Tactics △Rescue Tactics △Emergency Medical Tactics △Strongest Firefighter, selecting the best teams and personnel representing Seoul Fire in each field.

This year’s competition features contests among fire stations and firefighters wishing to participate, showcasing the firefighting skills they have honed. The competition format is divided into team events for each category and an individual event for the Strongest Firefighter category. In the team events, teams of 2 to 6 members compete according to the predetermined team composition for each category, while the individual event determines the strongest firefighter through a contest consisting of four detailed stages.

The Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters will award prize money, trophies, and commemorative medals according to the rankings in each category, and the first-place teams in the team events and the first and second place firefighters in the individual event will be granted the qualification to represent Seoul City at the 35th National Firefighting Skills Competition to be held in September.

Meanwhile, the National Firefighting Skills Competition is scheduled to be held in September at the Central Fire Academy located in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Depending on the competition results, participating players will receive various benefits such as special promotion by one rank, special pay raises, and performance bonuses.

Seo Soon-tak, Head of Disaster Response at the Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters, said, “We prepared this competition with the safety of the personnel as the top priority,” and added, “We will conduct the competition with meticulous care so that the participating players can fully demonstrate their skills.”

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