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Development of Disaster Management Capacity Analysis Program for Local Government  

Yoo, Byungtae (Social Disaster Research Division, National Disaster Management Institute)
Oh, Keumho (Social Disaster Research Division, National Disaster Management Institute)
Publication Information
Journal of the Society of Disaster Information / v.9, no.3, 2013 , pp. 266-275 More about this Journal
Abstract
New paradigm to the advancement of disaster management is required for building resilient and safe society. In these circumstances, the importance of local government disaster management capacity has been emphasized through experiencing a series of accidents including 2012 september Gumi fluorosilicic acid diffusion accident. The increase of people's disaster awareness has emerged the public demands on disaster management information of local area. In this study, the disaster management capacity analysis program is developed for self-assessment of local government. The program is designed for disaster managers to database the categorized index of disaster management capacity and recognize the capacity level. For the public announcement of disaster management capacity, the analysis results are shown for citizens in the understandable format. It is expected that the enhancement of emergency management capacity of local society can be achieved by the efforts of local government analyzing and improving the vulnerability as well as the participation of local society.
Keywords
Emergency & Safety Management; Disaster Management; Local Government; Public Announcement System; Business Impact Analysis; Disastser Management Capacity Analysis;
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