Changwon Special City Conducts Safety Korea Training for Disaster Response ... Disaster Management Up

Mayor Hong Nampyo: "Minimizing Damage to Citizens' Lives and Property"

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam conducted the '2023 Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill' on the 25th to establish a response system and practical response capabilities in case of emergency situations.

Changwon Special City conducted the Safe Korea Training.

The drill assumed a scenario of a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurring at the Jinhae Fisheries Cooperative Ice Plant located in Chungmu-dong, Jinhae-gu, causing partial building collapse and hazardous chemical leakage. It was designed to quickly carry out disaster response measures such as ▲situation assessment meetings ▲emergency disaster text message dispatch ▲resident evacuation guidance during the initial response phase ▲and accident management and recovery. The drill was conducted as an integrated linked exercise connecting the Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters operated at City Hall (tabletop exercise) with the Integrated Support Headquarters established at the disaster site (field exercise) in real time.

In particular, to strengthen practical response capabilities through this drill, the disaster safety communication network (PS-LTE) was utilized to enable rapid situation transmission and enhance effective on-site response capabilities with related agencies. The drill focused on simultaneously conducting tabletop and field exercises to perform individual duties and establish a collaborative system.

Sixteen related organizations, private groups, and 464 citizens participated, including the drill’s lead agencies: Changwon Special City, Changwon Fire Headquarters, Jinhae Health Center, Gyeongnam Special District Team, Jinhae Police, Coast Guard, Navy, U.S. Navy Support Unit, Nakdong River Environment Office, Korea Electric Power Corporation, KT, Korean Red Cross, private hospitals (Changwon Samsung Hospital, Yonsei Hospital, Sekwang Hospital), volunteer fire brigades, and Changwon City Regional Autonomous Disaster Prevention Group. Each was assigned mobilization equipment (personnel) and specific missions.

Additionally, the deployment of rescue and emergency equipment such as helicopters and fire trucks, disaster rescue drones, and advanced equipment like the disaster safety communication network (PS-LTE) created a tense drill atmosphere resembling an actual disaster scene.

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, stated, “This Safe Korea Drill was a meaningful exercise to operate the disaster response manual as if in a real situation and to check our response capabilities.” He added, “In a reality where unpredictable disasters have become commonplace, we will do our best in Changwon Special City to minimize damage to citizens’ lives and property by learning and practicing response procedures through this drill.”

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