Vision : A safer Korea, ensuring public safety anytime and anywhere

Goal

• Proactive disaster management that works on-site
• Effective safety policies that reassure the people

Four Main Strategies

• Developing a field-oriented disaster response mechanism
• Establishing a victim-oriented relief system
• Raising public awareness of safety
• Reinforcing governmental protection of people’s lives

Key Commitments

• Developing a field-oriented disaster response mechanism
  • Ensuring precise and timely transmission of information, with a nationwide communication network for disaster management and integrated emergency hotlines(112, 119)
  • Finding resources in the vicinity of disaster-hit areas using GIS-based systems and allocating them accordingly
• Establishing a victim-oriented relief system
  • Drawing up detailed guidelines for shelters and relief management
  • Building private sector's resilience to disasters through effective compensation for damage Raising public awareness of safety
  • Rooting out chronic insensitivity toward safety issues in everyday life, through tailored, age-specific education and training
  • Encouraging citizen participation in creating a safer environment, such as online and mobile reporting(Safety e-Report)
• Reinforcing governmental protection of people’s lives
  • Establishing a safety welfare system tailored to the needs of senior citizens, the disabled, and others particularly vulnerable to safety threats
  • Reassessing and enhancing safety in daily life, such as expanding pedestrian-first roads and reinforcing earthquake resistance of buildings