Gyeonggi Fire Department Provides Advanced Firefighting Experience to Filipino Firefighters

Joseonho, Director of Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters (fifth from the right), is taking a commemorative photo with Filipino firefighters who visited the provincial Fire and Disaster Headquarters.

Filipino firefighters visited the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters to experience advanced firefighting techniques.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 10th that it invited 10 firefighters from the Philippine Fire Department for a ten-day program including fire, rescue, and emergency medical training as well as tours of firefighting facilities.

They first experienced fire suppression, lifesaving, and water rescue training at the fire, rescue, and emergency training grounds. Then, they visited the 119 Integrated Situation Room at the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters in Suwon and frontline fire stations to observe the on-site command system, firefighting facilities, and equipment. They also visited Lotte Tower in Seoul to receive training on disaster management systems for high-rise buildings.

In particular, Cho Seon-ho, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, recommended the introduction of cart-type fire trucks that can be pulled in island areas of the Philippines, which drew deep interest from the Filipino firefighters.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire Academy has previously established an "International Disaster Management Cooperation Program" with three countries?Mongolia, Vietnam, and the Philippines?in 2014 and has been conducting the program annually. Over the past seven years, a total of 108 Filipino firefighters have visited the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters.

Cho Seon-ho, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, said, "I hope that South Korea’s disaster response system and on-site response technology will help protect the precious lives and property of the Filipino people."

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