Gyeonggi Firefighting Aviation Exhibition Hall Opens on the 12th... First Nationwide

The Gyeonggi Firefighting Aviation Exhibition Hall opened its doors on the 12th.

The Gyeonggi Firefighting Aviation Exhibition Hall opened its doors for the first time nationwide on the 12th. To commemorate the opening of the exhibition hall, the Gyeonggi Provincial Fire and Disaster Headquarters also launched the Youth Firefighting Aviation School on the same day.

The Firefighting Aviation Exhibition Hall displays most of the firefighting helicopters currently in service, including the H-13 which performed aviation EMS missions during the Korean War, the MD500 (named: Kkachi 2-ho), the first firefighting helicopter in Korea registered as a cultural asset, and the BELL-206, the first helicopter of the Gyeonggi Firefighting Aviation Unit.

The Provincial Fire and Disaster Headquarters operates the 'Youth Firefighting Aviation School' in conjunction with the opening of the Firefighting Aviation Exhibition Hall. It offers tours of the aviation exhibition hall and special rescue equipment for youths aspiring to become firefighters in specialized fields.

The Firefighting School plans to open twice a year in an open house format, providing growing youths with opportunities to experience careers as specialized firefighters.

Park Jeong-hyeok, a pilot who has been working as a firefighting helicopter captain for nine years, said, "I am very pleased that a space has been created where we can provide career education to youths along with the history of firefighting helicopters," adding, "I am already excited thinking about the youths who will come in the future."

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