North Gyeongsang council members criticized for setting paddy ablaze, calling fire department to test response

Officials of the North Gyeongsang provincial council raised eyebrows after they intentionally set a rice paddy ablaze and reported it to the fire department, claiming they wanted to inspect the fire response system.

2024-11-28

소방관 2명, 육가공 공장 화재 진화 중 사망

Two firefighters were found dead Thursday after responding to a fire at a meat processing factory in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang.

2024-02-06

The sacrifice of our noble firefighters (KOR)

The trauma of firefighters who lose their colleagues is enormous.

2024-02-06

The sacrifice of our noble firefighters

The trauma of firefighters who lose their colleagues is enormous.

2024-02-05

S-Oil donates additional $350,000 to firefighters and families

S-Oil donated 470 million won ($354,316) for firefighters and their families, the oil refiner said Monday.

2023-09-18

Hyundai Motor Group to donate buses to Korea's fire agency

Hyundai Motor Group will donate eight buses to the National Fire Agency to help firefighters rest during and after fighting fires.

2023-03-14

Fighting for fighters

Firefighters stage a rally near the presidential office Blue House in Seoul on Monday, holding up pickets reading “We don’t want to die anymore” and “We are not firefighting machines.”

2022-01-17

Sprinklers at Coupang warehouse may have been off

The sprinklers in Coupang’s warehouse in Icheon, Gyeonggi, may not have been working in the first eight minutes of a fire that broke out Thursday morning and destroyed the building, killing one fireman.

2021-06-21

Rest in peace

At the funeral service in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, on Monday for firefighter Kim Dong-shik, colleague firefighters return to their seats after paying tribute to the late firefighter, who was trapped in Coupang’s blazing warehouse in Icheon...