Beijing: Authorities here have recruited 682 full-time firefighters, the first time the city has employed and trained citizens to be professional firefighters.
The firefighters finished their month-long training in military formation, physical skills and firefighting on Friday before being dispatched to different brigades, according to the Beijing Youth Daily.
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