Pocheon City Completes 2024 Joint Disaster Response Safety Korea Drill

On the 24th, Baek Young-hyun, Mayor of Pocheon City, urged the establishment of a practical response system that can protect the lives and safety of citizens during the "2024 Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill."

Pocheon City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Young-hyun) announced on the 25th that it successfully completed the 2024 Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill on the 24th in the Dopyeong-ri area of Idong-myeon.

The Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill is a comprehensive exercise aimed at strengthening initial response capabilities in the event of a disaster and checking the cooperation system among related organizations. Approximately 380 people from 19 organizations and groups, including the Ministry of National Defense and Pocheon Fire Station, participated in this drill.

This drill simulated a complex disaster situation where a wildfire caused during artillery training at Seungjin Training Ground spreads to a military base and nearby civilian houses, with joint response efforts by civilian, military, and government sectors.

Additionally, the scenario included a gas explosion in a military dining hall causing multiple casualties, leading to systematic disaster response training such as the operation of an integrated military-civilian emergency medical center staffed by military doctors and medical personnel, emergency treatment of critical patients, and transportation of casualties.

Mayor Baek Young-hyun of Pocheon said, “This drill was an important opportunity to strengthen response capabilities through organic cooperation among each department and related organizations in preparation for actual disaster situations. We will continue to establish a practical response system that can protect the lives and safety of citizens through repetitive drills based on various disaster scenarios.”

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