Improvement on National Crisis and Emergency Management through a Core System: Lessons of the African Swine Fever Disaster

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to seek the problem and improvement on the national crisis and emergency management system in Korea through the core system. Based on the lesson of the ASF disaster, this study analyzed the five major elements of the core system : value, institution, leadership, devotion, and expertise. This article suggests recommendations for improving the national crisis and emergency management in Korea as follows; (①value) promoting animal welfare certification policies to spread respect for life, following the method of killing with pre-trainingt, (②prevention) establishing a defense system with North Korea through international organizations, (③preparedness) unification of the crisis warning level in the manual and guidelines, and to raise the crisis warning level when ASF occurs in neighboring countries, (④response) promptly holding Animal Disease Control Council involving livestock farmers to seek expert advice and establish regulations on the extent of preventative killings. (⑤recovery) establishing compensation criteria, including the upper and lower limits for killing compensation, and supporting livelihood security funds before re-entry, (⑥leadership) change of national crisis management system to operate Central disaster and safety Countermeasure Headquarters in social disaster management agencies, (⑦devotion) strengthening disaster capacity of citizens and establishing a cooperative system among governments, corporations and civil society, (⑧expertise) modernization and specialization of livestock farms, expansion of inspection agencies and inspection personnel, expansion of vaccine research institutions and research personnel.