Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The Ministry of Public Administration and Security designated Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea, as a special disaster area because of the forest fire in April 2019.Similarly, forest fires occurred in Gangwon-do, such as the Yangyang forest fire in April 2005 and the east-coast forest fire in April 2000.The origin of forest fires is accidental in more than 70% of cases according to the latest 10-year statistics.The large-scale spread of forest fires in Gangwon-do is mainly attributable to meteorological conditions such as high temperature, low humidity, and strong wind.Preventing forest-fire disasters is impossible because the natural environment is difficult to control.Therefore, the ability of the responding agencies and responders is important in suppressing the spread of fires.The forest-fire response-managing department in Korea is the Korea Forest Service, which plays a key role and coordinates with related agencies.The related agencies include the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Environment, Police Agency, Fire Service, Cultural Heritage Administration, and so on.Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the importance of collaboration using case analysis of each of the forest fires in Goseong in 1996 and 2019 and to develop a forest-fire response decision tree as a way of enhancing collaboration.
Authors: Namgyun Kim, Jawhwan Kwak, Man-Il Kim
Institution: Kumoh National Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Award: G5968387240
OpenAlex ID: W3000218566