Jeju Island to Conduct 'Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill' on 24-25

Establishing a Rapid Disaster Response System Focused on On-Site Earthquake Preparedness... Strengthening Field Training

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Chang-won] Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced on the 14th that it will conduct the 2022 Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill on the 24th and 25th to establish a rapid, field-centered disaster response system.

This year's Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill will involve joint tabletop exercises and field-based drills conducted by civil, government, military, and local organizations to establish a response posture in the event of an earthquake.

Jeju Province plans to strengthen field drills to enable rapid response in the event of an actual disaster.

On the 24th, a tabletop exercise will be held in the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters situation room of the province to check the disaster response status with 13 disaster management collaborative functional departments and related agencies.

The tabletop exercise begins with the receipt of a training message (disaster situation) or recognition of an accident situation, followed by dissemination to related departments and agencies, emergency assembly, convening of a situation assessment meeting, and covers the entire process from initial response activities to recovery and restoration stages.

On the 25th, a field drill will be conducted in the Jocheon-eup area, assuming a disaster situation and checking the response status through collaboration with related agencies and private organizations.

Until now, drills have been conducted by pre-deploying personnel and equipment and following a predetermined scenario, but this drill will focus on discovering response failures and deficiencies through surprise responses to unprepared situations with only approximate time and space settings.

Accordingly, the disaster safety communication network (PS-LTE) will be used for situation dissemination, reporting, command, and communication with related agencies, and the dispatch of rescue forces will also take place from their actual workplaces.

To enhance public interest and understanding of this drill and to reflect the experiences and opinions of various social groups, a citizen experience group has been formed and operated.

The citizen experience group was composed of seven members through a recruitment announcement on the website last month, reflecting diverse groups in terms of gender, age, and occupation, including disaster-vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, seniors aged 65 and older, and parents.

Meanwhile, the Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill is an annual nationwide exercise to strengthen the disaster response capabilities of disaster management responsible agencies. In Jeju, it was conducted in 2019 at Aewol Port with a scenario involving a ship fire caused by strong winds and a collision between an LNG tank refueling carrier ship. It was not conducted in 2020 due to the spread of COVID-19, and last year it was conducted as a tabletop exercise.

Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Chang-won baekok@asiae.co.kr

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