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People
“WhenIamcalledtoduty,God
Wheneverflamesmayrage
Givemethestrengthtosavesomelife
Whateverbeitsage”
-fromafireman’sprayer
Station
Fire
Dongdaemun-gu
ByKimMin-jeong
JuniorReporter
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HomagetoFirewomen
F
irefighters have previously been perceived as a masculine line of work due to the extraordinary level of physical
strengthrequired.Regardless,therearefirewomenactivelypursuingtheircareers.Thismonth,TheArgusmetJang
Jeong-ae, one of the firewomen of the Dongdaemun-gu Fire Station. She is in charge of fire prevention education
andpublicrelations.Herdutyalsoincludeseducatingevacuationsituationsdoingpromotionworkinthemedia.
The Argus : How did you become
The Argus : What did your friends
people think that a firefighter falls
afirefighter?
andfamilysayaboutyourchoice?
intothemen’slineofwork.Isthere
JangJeong-ae(Jang):Initially,Iused
Jang : They were against my choice
anyglassceilingontheground?
to be a nurse in an emergency room.
notonlybecauseofthedifficultworking
Jang : Of course. Firewomen face
But after the Seongsu bridge collapsed
environment, but also because of the
thicker glass ceilings than any other
in 1994, voices began to arise that
general attitude towards nurses. The co-
line of work. In the field, people are no
there should be experts included in the
workers perceived me as a nurse, not a
longer surprised by female and we are
ambulance crew. So that year, there was
fireman. They thought I should continue
respected like any other firemen. In the
a special recruiting for medical team
dutyasanurse.
offices, however, superior officers are
as firefighters. I applied and became a
still reluctant to receive firewomen as
firewoman.
their crew. It is true that females lack in
The Argus : Generally speaking,
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