Joint Chiefs of StaffRepublic of Korea

Disaster Relief Operations

CONTENT

Summary

Conclusion

and PKO Activities

Disaster Relief System

Multinational Disaster Relief Exercises

Military Disaster Relief Activities

■ Disaster Relief by Civil Defense System ● Organization

● Mission

- Peacetime : disaster prevention & restoration

- Wartime : warning, traffic control & rescue

Civil Defense CDR

HQ Mobile Fire Protection Med/NBC

※ Members : 6,260,000 20-45 year old(male)

Disaster Relief System

● Civil Defense Drills

- Civil air defense drills

- Disaster prevention drills

- Emergency mobilization exercises

Disaster Relief System(Cont’d)

■

● Basic guidelines

- provide maximum support

- support first, then report; highest priority on saving lives

● Disaster relief support system

Gov Mil

Central Disaster HQ

MND Disaster Relief Support System

MND Disaster Center

Disaster Relief System(Cont’d)

SAR HQ(JCS)

■ Military Search and Rescue HQ System

• SSU/UDT/EOD Team • Task Force

Army Navy Air Force• Helicopters

Direction

Disaster Relief System(Cont’d)

■

● Period :12 ~ 18 SEP 1990

● Flood Damage : Collapse of levee

● Damages Incurred - Areas flooded : 6 districts - Displaced victims : 51,698 persons - Deaths : 1 person

Mil Disaster Relief Activities

Restoration Support for Flood Damages

● Military Support / Results

- Human rescue

- Relief activities

- Emergency restoration of levee

Mil Disaster Relief Activities

(Cont’d)

■ Fighting Large-Scale Fires

● Period : 7 ~ 15 APR 2000

● Area : 10 counties

● Damages :

- casualties : 17 (2 dead, 15 wounded)

- property losses : 321 houses

- livestock losses : 6,215

- forestry losses : 23,488 hactares

Goseong

Gangreung

Donghae

Samcheok

Uljin

Mil Disaster Relief Activities(Cont’d)

● Military Action

- Personnel / equipment support for fire-fighting

- Operated sentry posts to prevent spreading of fire

- Priority support for civilian restorations after putting out the fire

Mil Disaster Relief Activities

(Cont’d)

● Military support

- Personnel and helicopter support

- Equipment and other support • decontamination vehicles and firetrucks

• restoration of houses & road banks, medical services

Mil Disaster Relief Activities(Cont’d)

● Need for rescue forces training during peacetime

● Need for an integrated command & control structure

● Importance of public relations activities vis-à-vis the press

● Safety is paramount

Mil Disaster Relief Activities

(Cont’d)

■ Lessons Learned

● Dates / Area of exercise - 2 ~ 9 AUG 1999 - Adjoining sea between ROK and Japan

● Size of participation - Korea : 1 Destroyer, 1 Frigate, 1 P-3C, 1 LYNX - Japan : 3 Destroyer, 1 P-3, 4 SH-60J

- Build mutual confidence - Increase operational capability

■ ROK-Japan Search & Rescue Exercise

● Purpose

Multinational Disaster Relief Exercises

- Mutual confidence and strengthened military ties - Necessity for cooperation with neighboring countries

● Exercise Procedures

- Distress call by wrecked ship → ROK&Japan naval vessels receive the distress call → Report to respective Fleet HQ → P-3C surveys site of shipwreck

● Lessons Learned

Multinational Disaster Relief Exercises (Cont’d)

● Size of participation - Korea : 1Submarine Rescue Ship, 1 Submarine - US : 1Submarine Rescue Ship, 1 Submarine - Japan : 1Submarine Rescue Ship, 1Submarine, - Singapore : 1Landing Ship, Tank, 1 Submarine

- Enhance sub escape & rescue capabilites - Joint response to a rescue situation

■ West Pacific Sub Escape and Rescue Exercise

● Purpose

● Dates/Area :1 ~ 14 OCT 2000

Malaysia

Singapore

Multinational Disaster Relief Exercises (Cont’d)

Exercise area

● Exercise Diagram / Procedures

● Results / Lessons

- Confirmed feasibility of a combined submarine rescue operation

해해해해 저저저저저저 Sub in distress

조난조난조난조난조난조난조난조난 잠수함잠수함잠수함잠수함잠수함잠수함잠수함잠수함

DSRV guidedmothership

recoverDSRV

DSRV self-searchand approach

docking & rescue

launch DSRV

DSRV

Multinational Disaster Relief Exercises (Cont’d)

ROK PARTICIPATIONin UN PKO ACTIVITIES

Western SaharaMedical support team

(20, total 342)

AngolaEngineer unit

(594, total 594) SomaliaEngineer unit

(250, total 504)

India-PakistanMilitary observers

(9, total 44)

GeorgiaMilitary observers

(3, total 26)

East TimorPeacekeeping forces

(440, total 476)

East TimorPeacekeeping forces

(440, total 476)

ROK PKF in EAST TIMOR

Thailand BN Philippine BN

PKF HQ

Portugal BN

Baucau Manatuto

Di li

Balibo

Suai

Australia BN

■ Period : 4 Oct ’99~present ■ Size of deployment : 444

● PKF HQ staff : 12 ● East HQ : 13 ● Operation Unit : 419

xx

New Zealand BN

==

EAST HQ Lospalos

(419)(419)

II

((STAFF : 12)STAFF : 12)

((LNO : 13)LNO : 13)

ROK BN

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

■ OPERATIONS

Security for UNTAET HQ and 4 other facilities

● Key facility security

● Mobile patrols

● Reclamation of Concealed

Weapons and Ammunitions

● Support for returning

refugee resettlement

● Protection and management

of returning militiamen

■ Establishing Friendly Ties with

the Local Community

● Taekwondo instruction

● Medical Service

● Transportation

for emergency patients

● Goodwill marathon ● Taekwondo lessons

MAJOR ACTIVITIES (continued)

● New Village Movement

■ Restoration Support

● Improving living support

● Support flood relief and restoration

● Relief aid

MAJOR ACTIVITIES (continued)

Conclusion

■ Consensus on need for multinational rescue exercises

■ Need for strengthening of multinational rescue exercises for peaceful and non-military purposes

■ Provide non-participating contries with opportunity to send Observers to exercises