"Defend National Key Facilities" ... Changwon Special City Conducts 'National Key Facilities Protection Training'

Agency for Defense Development, Jinhae Base Command
Jinhae Police Station and Other Civil-Military-Police Integrated Training

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam conducted a 'National Important Facilities Protection Practical Training' at the Agency for Defense Development.

The training held on the 22nd was linked with the 2023 Eulji Exercise and was conducted as a proficiency training rather than a demonstration. It involved the Agency for Defense Development, Jinhae Base Command, Jinhae Police Station, Korea Electric Power Corporation, KT, and others, simulating a bomb explosion scenario at a national important facility, including search reconnaissance, bomb disposal, and facility damage recovery procedures.

Changwon Special City conducted a live drill for the protection of nationally important facilities.

The training, resembling a real combat situation, was carried out as an integrated civil-military-police training to raise awareness and systematic response capabilities against explosive terrorism at national important facilities.

More than 80 participants took part in the training, including Jinhae District Office, Jinhae Base Command (Anti-Terrorism Task Force, Drone Surveillance Team, CRRT, EOD), Jinhae Police Station, Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeongnam Headquarters, and KT Changwon Corporate Branch.

The training began with listening to explosion sounds and detecting unidentified smoke at the Agency for Defense Development headquarters, followed by ▲establishment of the on-site command post ▲occupation of the blockade line ▲search reconnaissance ▲bomb disposal and facility damage recovery in sequence.

Ha Jongmok, the 1st Deputy Mayor, stated, “Taking this national important facilities protection training as an opportunity, we will establish a strengthened civil-military-police cooperation system to protect the precious lives and property of citizens without any negligence,” adding, “We hope this will serve as a foundation to establish a seamless command system and improve mission performance capabilities to enable immediate response to urgent disasters.”

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