IU and Ive receive commendations from the National Fire Agency chief for helping firefighters at wildfire sites

[Financial News] Singer IU and the group Ive received commendations from the National Fire Agency chief on the occasion of the 64th Fire Service Day (November 9). They were honored for helping firefighters at the scene of the major wildfires in the Yeongnam region in March last year.
According to the Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association on the 10th, the association recommended IU and Ive for the commendations. During the wildfires, they each donated 200 million won to Hope Bridge, for a total of 400 million won. They asked that 100 million won of each donation go toward supporting wildfire victims and the remaining 100 million won toward supporting firefighters.
Hope Bridge used the 200 million won earmarked for firefighter support to prepare emergency response kits and provide meals and snacks to personnel at disaster sites.
At the time, the government designated wildfire-hit areas, including Uiseong County in North Gyeongsang Province, Sancheong County in South Gyeongsang Province, and Ulju County in Ulsan, as special disaster zones. In a report last June, the National Assembly Research Service put property damage from the Yeongnam wildfires at approximately 1.0818 trillion won.
IU also contributed 100 million won each during the 2020 floods, the 2022 wildfires in North Gyeongsang and Gangwon, and the heavy rain and typhoon damage that same year. Including her donation for last year's wildfires, her contributions to Hope Bridge total 500 million won.
The six members of Ive joined together to raise the donation. Last month, they left messages of support for firefighters through a voice-talent donation project on the National Fire Agency's official welfare platform, Fire Hero Membership. Hope Bridge connected the National Fire Agency with Ive's agency.
IU said, "I wanted to help, even in a small way, the firefighters working hard at disaster sites, but this commendation has actually given me strength, and I'm grateful." Ive said, "We will continue to support the safety and health of the firefighters working hard in the field."

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