Gyeonggi Province Strengthens Emergency Response System and Job Competency Through Training

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 24th that from today through the 29th, it will conduct joint emergency response job training for approximately 250 officials from administrative, military, and police agencies throughout the province engaged in emergency preparedness operations.

The training has been organized in response to heightened provocative threats, including North Korea's recent nuclear tests, declarations nullifying the Armistice Agreement, and full invalidation declarations regarding inter-Korean non-aggression agreements. The program aims to strengthen the emergency response system and job competency to cultivate rapid response capabilities in the event of national emergencies.

All agencies involved in emergency preparedness operations are participating in the training, including Gyeonggi Province and its cities and counties, military corps and divisions under the Third Army Command, Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency and its affiliated police stations, the Fire and Disaster Management Headquarters and its fire stations, Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education and its affiliated offices.

Notably, Kwon Kyung-ho, a senior official who handled emergency preparedness operations at Incheon Metropolitan City during the 2010 Yeonpyeong shelling provocations, will share step-by-step response procedures based on actual situations, and Yoon Deok-yong, honorary professor at KAIST who was the chief of the joint investigation team, will explain the truth regarding the ROKS Cheonan sinking on the occasion of its third anniversary.

Nam Ki-san, Gyeonggi Province's Emergency Planning Official, said, “In the event of an emergency, all officials in charge of emergency preparedness operations at each institution must cultivate response capabilities so that damage to residents can be minimized and living stability can be maintained early on through swift response measures.”