31 Rookie Fire Officers Hold Graduation and Appointment Ceremony

Appointed to the Nation's Frontline Fire Stations

The Central Fire Service Academy announced on the 27th that it held the ‘28th Fire Officer Candidate Graduation Ceremony’ at the Central Fire Service Academy Auditorium. Approximately 100 people, including Nam Hwa-young, Acting Commissioner of the National Fire Agency, and the families of the graduates, attended the ceremony.

The 28th class of fire officer candidates, consisting of 31 members (27 males, 4 females), entered the Central Fire Service Academy in March last year and underwent one year of education and training necessary for fire service duties such as fire suppression, rescue, emergency medical services, and fire administration. They developed the qualities and capabilities to become junior fire lieutenants equipped with disaster response and command skills.

On this day, an awards ceremony was held for five outstanding graduates: ▲ Fire Lieutenant An Jae-hyun (26/M), who achieved the highest score, received the Presidential Award; ▲ Fire Lieutenant Yoon Young-je (28/M) received the Prime Minister’s Award; ▲ Fire Lieutenant Lee Jung-hyun (28/M) received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award; ▲ Fire Lieutenant Yoon Yong-ro (27/M) received the National Fire Agency Commissioner’s Award; and ▲ Fire Lieutenant Jang Ji-young (29/F) received the Central Fire Service Academy Director’s Award.

Notably, among the top awardees, Fire Lieutenants Yoon Yong-ro and Jang Ji-young drew attention as a father-son and father-daughter firefighter family continuing the legacy. They said, “My father is always a respected person who has devoted his body and mind to the people throughout his life,” and “I am very proud to follow in my father’s footsteps as a firefighter, and I hope to contribute deeply to the development of the fire service organization as a firefighter who brings hope to the people.”

Fire Lieutenant Park Moon-cheol has experience working as a firefighter with the rank of Fireman in Gyeonggi Province, and his sister and brother-in-law also work as firefighters in Seoul. Park Moon-cheol said, “Based on my experience working on duty and the guidance from my family members who are senior firefighters, I will do my best to protect the lives of the people.”

Ma Jae-yoon, Director of the Central Fire Service Academy, said, “I thank the newly appointed fire officer candidates who safely completed the training course despite difficult circumstances such as COVID-19,” and added, “I hope they will make good use of the technical skills they learned and acquired over the year, including real fire training using advanced special equipment, and become honorable firefighters trusted by the people.”

Meanwhile, the fire officer candidate system has produced a total of 1,048 graduates since the first class in 1977. From the 1st to the 16th class, the program was held biennially, and from the 17th class selected in 2011, candidates have been selected annually.

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