• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.138-142
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• 2018

The marine industry is rapidly developing as a result of the increase in various needs in the marine environment. In addition, accidents involving ship fires and explosions and the resulting casualties are increasing. Generally, manpower and safety problems exist in fire fighting. A fire fighter in the form of an autonomous surface robot would be ideal for marine fire safety, because it has no manpower and safety problems. Therefore, an autonomous surface robot with the abilities of fire recognition and tracking, nozzle selection, position and attitude control, and fire fighting was developed and is discussed in this paper. The test and evaluation results of this robot showed the possibility of real-size applications and the need for additional studies.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.409-420
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• 2015

In this study, I researched, analysed and compared the examples of civilian maritime search and rescue auxiliaries of world leading countries' such as Japan and America, and the Korean volunteer fire fighting team. Through this, I suggest that the decentralized civilian maritime search and rescue forces of Maritime Rescue and Salvage Association and KCG Civilian Auxiliary should be united into unified search and rescue system and establish legal basis for stabilized support and development. It seem that we should organize laws and regulations for the government to have centralized control of rescue mission as in the cases of America and Canada and elivate rescue mission capability with systemized education and training entrusted to specialized external training organization. I proposed to establish financial support such as fund for the stabilized status of civilian auxiliary, domestic and overseas training session for the civilian auxiliary to inspire integrity and sense of duty as a part of maritime search and rescue forces.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.332-337
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• 2023

Korea is not only surrounded by the sea on three sides, but also has national and local rivers extending 26,843 km, so it has a geographical feature in which abundant sea and inland water surface coexist. As the number of ships operating in the inland waters is continuously increasing due to the improvement of national income, the risk of ship accidents and human casualties in the inland waters is also increasing. In this study, a macroscopic plan for the safety management of inland water ships was presented through investigation of inland water related laws and operation status analysis. As an improvement plan, as a hardware infrastructure it is proposed to secure sufficient inland water fire-boats to secure the golden time for early response to accidents and lifesaving, and to operate an institution specializing in the prevention of inland water ships accidents. And as a software infrastructure, establish departure control standards for inland water ships and the safety diagnosis system currently applied only to sea going ships, the introduction of a system tailored to the characteristics of inland water ships. The proposed inland water safety management policy is expected to contribute to the preparation of prompt and systematic countermeasures in the event of an inland water ship accident, and it is hoped that it will serve as an opportunity to continue to pay attention to safety-related research on inland water ships, which was briefly activated after the sinking of M/V Sewol.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.675-682
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• 2021

Fire accidents on land and at sea can cause serious casualties; specifically, owing to the nature of marine plants and ships, the mortality rate at sea from suffocation in confined spaces is significantly higher than that on land. To prevent such cases of asphyxiation, it is essential to install ventilation fans that can outwardly direct these toxic gases from fires; however, considering the scale of marine fires, the installation of large ventilation fans is not easy owing to the nature of marine structures. Therefore, in this study, we developed a new concept for fire safety technology to control toxic gases generated by fires from applied direct current (DC) electric fields. In the event of a fire, most flames contain large numbers of positive and negative charges from chemi-ionization, which generates an "ionic wind" by Lorentz forces through the applied electric fields. Using these ionic winds, an experimental study was performed to artificially control the fire smoke caused by burning paper and styrofoam, which are commonly used as insulation materials in general buildings and ships. The experiments showed that a fire smoke could be artificially controlled by applying a DC voltage in excess of ±5 kV and that relatively effective control was possible by applying a negative voltage rather than a positive voltage.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.777-786
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• 2020

This study examines the efficiency of safety management measures taken in coastal waters to prevent coastal accidents. Recent years have witnessed about 800 cases of large and small coastal accidents in coastal waters annually. On average, these accidents have been responsible for 129 deaths annually, Thus, there is a need for effective preventive measures. Accordingly, the Korea Coast Guard enacted the Coastal Accident Prevention Act in 2014 and has cooperated with related organizations, such as local governments and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, to safely manage coastal waters. However, compared to the rapid increase in human coastal activities, coastal accidents continue to occur due to the lack of a safety mindset among the Korea Coast Guard, a lack of public safety awareness, a lack of safety management facilities, and poor interest from related organizations, among others. This study examines the conditions and problems faced with regard to safety management in coastal waters based on recent coastal accident data, and analyzes foreign coastal waters safety management cases. Various methods to improve the safety management efficiency in coastal waters are proposed, such as enhancing the safety mindset and capabilities of the Korea Coast Guard, strengthening cooperation among related organizations, increasing the role of local governments, expanding and strengthening safety management facilities by applying new technologies, inculcating a culture of maritime safety, and activating private-public collaborative governance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.213-213
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• 2012

인류의 문명과 함께한 재난 중에서 가뭄은 역사를 거슬러 올라가면 국가의 존폐 위기를 가늠할 정도의 큰 재앙이었다. 우리나라의 가뭄상황을 파악하고 가뭄정보시스템을 구축하기 위해 국내 외의 가뭄관련 기관인 국토해양부, 기상청, 농림수산식품부, 환경부 뿐만아니라, 미국 네브라스카주 링컨대학교내에 설립되어 있는 국립가뭄경감센터(NDMC) 등에 대하여 살펴보았다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라 재난전담기관인 소방방재청에서 가뭄정보시스템을 구축함에 있어 실용적으로 유용한 시스템이 되기 위한 구축방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 국내의 물 관련 기관들이 구축해놓은 다양한 실시간 관측시스템을 연계 활용하기 위하여 가뭄관련 부처인 행정안전부, 국토해양부, 기상청, 농림수산식품부, 환경부 및 소방방재청 등에서 물 관련 현황을 파악하여 실시간 관측정보들을 파악하였다. 소방방재청에서는 국가가뭄정보시스템을 구축하기 위하여 2008년부터 연구를 시작하였으며, 우리나라 각 부처에서 구축한 가뭄관련 시스템들의 조사를 통해 생활 공업 농업용수 분야별로 시스템 구축을 위한 시사점들을 살펴보았다. 가뭄정보시스템의 구축방향 제시에 있어서는 동시접속으로 인한 인터넷 과부하를 예방하면서 실시간으로 수신되는 자료를 활용하여 좀 더 정확한 현황정보를 제공함으로써 시스템 활성화를 기하고자 하였다. 가뭄정보시스템을 구축함에 있어 내부 계산부문과 외부 표출부문으로 나누는 것이 합리적인 것으로 판단되었다. 내부 계산 부문에서는 여러 기관으로부터 수신되는 실시간 자료를 행정안전부 국립방재연구원 분석 평가 센터에서 관리하고 있는 서버에 집적하여 가뭄관련 정보를 수치적으로 계산하는 부문이다. 여기서는 강우자료를 토대로 하여 가뭄지수의 산정과 생활 공업 농업용수 분야별로 지역별 수요량과 공급량의 상태를 파악하여 실시간 가뭄지수(RDI)를 산정할 수 있도록 한다. 실시간 가뭄지수(RDI)는 지역 주민들이 가뭄으로 인한 용수량 현황을 알 수 있는 가뭄지수가 되도록 하고자 한다. 특히, 가뭄지수의 산정제시에 있어서는 가뭄지수에 따른 재해피해 상황을 제시하여 피해를 체감할 수 있도록 하며, 농어촌공사 관할 저수지의 실시간 저수율을 활용하여 공간적 분포를 고려하고 가뭄발생에 대한 간이상수도 및 마을상수도 등의 지역별 용수공급 가능성에 대한 전조정보를 파악하여 가뭄발생 이전에 사전 대응할 수 있도록 구축하고자 한다. 외부 표출 부문은 내부에서 계산된 결과 값을 인터넷의 부하를 줄이면서 자치단체 담당자들이 쉽고 빠르게 관할지역의 궁금한 정보를 파악할 수 있게 인터넷 홈페이지에 게시하여 가뭄정보를 공유하고자 한다.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.611-618
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• 2008

The development of information society together with information telecommunication's influence on the human society is a ripple effect and getting wider. Among those ripple effects the disaster prevention is in the public eye in the present day. On the way to the ubiquitous society the main techniques to be concerned in ubiquitous sensor networks are the field of damage of storm and flood, safety facilities, traffic safety, industrial safety, energy safety, fire fighting, specific safety of radioactivity escape incident, environmental pollution, sea pollution, mountain and forrest disaster so on. In this paper the USN technique based on the disaster prevention communication technology service and its requirement technology and application are studied.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.126-133
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• 2018

Korea has been preparing and operating crisis management standardized manuals so that over 30 disaster types that need to be managed at the national level can be selected and systematically managed. This study analyzed the crisis alert levels of two standard manuals related to the case with reference to the contents of the Framework Act on the Management of Disaster and Safety and National Crisis Management Basic Guidelines. According to the Act and Guidelines, crisis alerts are issued before a crisis or disaster, but the criteria of crisis alerts of the two manuals showed that the national crisis had already occurred and the disaster occurred due to a marine vessel accident at the serious level. In addition, the results of timing of issuance of crisis alert were reviewed. If the signs can be identified, a crisis alert may be issued prior to the occurrence of the incident, but a crisis alert cannot be issued when an incident occurs without a sign. In the case of an incident where there are no signs, but there is a possibility of spreading to a national level disaster, the disaster management supervision agency could issue a crisis alert.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.9-17
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• 2013

Government ministries operate various system dealing with filed civil appeals. There are representative systems such as Safety Monitoring System of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS), Disaster Premonitory Information System of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Facilities Hazard Information System of the Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs (MLTM), Environmantal Monitoring System of the Ministry of Environment (ME). The purpose managing these systems is to reduce casualties and to improve safety by preventing disasters and accidents in local communities. This study suggests the method to effectively operate a safety monitoring system which fits to local situations based on the statistical analysis performed on filed complaint cases in Gangdong-gu as a sample region. The cases has been collected since 2012 through the voluntary safety monitoring activity of a specialist who had finished the Emergency and Safety maneger's master course.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.80-86
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• 2015

This study analyzed recent cases of ship fires explosions and investigated their problems and coping plans. Through analysis on the statistical figures, it was found that our nation's situations of maritime accidents by kind during the period of 2009~2013 showed the ratios of ship accidents caused by fires explosions was the highest in 2012 with 7.58% (55 cases) followed by year 2009 with 3.39% (34 cases), year 2010 with 3.39% (25 cases), year 2011 with 6.03% (57 cases) and year 2013 with 6.74% (43 cases), which indicates a steady increase in the number of ship accidents. Majority of reasons for ship fires explosions were lack of safety awareness. Since those accidents happen on the sea, fires, once they happen, tend to get serious due to absence of on board & nearby fire extinguishing facilities, public fire service's uneasy access to them and great influences of natural factors such as wind and etc. Ship fires explosions are special cases unlike what happens to general edifices. So, their coping plans should focus on preventive measures since the damages those cases bring about can be detrimental. For this reason, it's necessary to research precise evacuation plans, develop ship structure & materials reinforcing fire resistance to secure more time for evacuation and enhance people's safety awareness by implementing thorough safety training.