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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.4.571

Improvement on the System of Information to the Public for Chemical Accident Emergency Response  

Park, Hyesong (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Song, Chi-sun (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
Shin, Chang-Hyun (National Institute of Chemical Safety)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.4, 2019 , pp. 571-579 More about this Journal
Abstract
To minimize the damage from chemical accidents, a risk management plan (RMP) has been implemented since 2015. According to this regulation, operators who handle more than the designated quantity of the accident preparedness chemicals should provide emergency response information to the public within the affected areas of accidents. The information, including chemicals, affected areas and evacuation instructions should be provided to the public in advance so that they can evacuate immediately in the event of a chemical accident. Currently, the information notification can be provided in various methods by being registered in the notification system, sent with written documents or delivered directly to the public. To examine the status of the operation method, this study analyzed similar cases overseas, investigated the degree of awareness of providing information through the number of the annual visitor of the Information Provision System, and obtained survey results from some residents. This current operation method are problems because the public, who do not have sufficient information about chemicals, do not understand the emergency information properly or it is difficult to recognize where the residents should find this information because of the convenient operation based on the information provider. In this study, measures were proposed to minimize the damage by making it easier for the public to understand the emergency information and the information communicated appropriately in advance by dividing them into an information providing method and post management.
Keywords
Chemicals Control Act; Information to Public; Emergency Information; Right to Know; Chemical Accident;
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