Jeonnam Fire Department Wins First Place in Nationwide Firefighting Skills Competition Ambulance Category

The Jeonnam Fire Headquarters won first place nationwide in the emergency medical services category at the 36th National Firefighting Skills Competition hosted by the National Fire Agency for the first time since its launch.

According to Jeonnam Fire on the 16th, the National Firefighting Skills Competition is the only firefighting competition in Korea where excellent personnel from 19 city and provincial teams nationwide compete in 12 categories, including fire tactics, rescue, emergency medical services, and the strongest firefighter.

This year's competition was held over four days from the 13th to the 16th at the Central Fire Academy in Gongju, Chungnam, with about 1,600 participants, including firefighters and volunteer firefighters from across the country.

At this competition, four members representing the Jeonnam Fire Headquarters, including Fire Sergeant Gu Hyeong-geun, achieved the highest combined score in two categories: professional cardiopulmonary resuscitation and multiple casualty response tactics, winning the championship.

The winners, Gu Hyeong-geun, Go Mi-jeong, and Kim Gyeong-cheon from Hwasun Fire Station, and Na Yeong-cheol from Naju Fire Station, will receive a special promotion by one rank. The members devoted their working and rest hours to emergency medical training.

Hong Yeong-geun, the head of the headquarters, said, “I am proud of the efforts and sweat of the members who trained day and night to prepare for the skills competition,” and added, “We will take the lead in protecting the lives and property of the residents at the frontline sites as well.”

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