The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment said Saturday it will hold the traveling program from April 27 to 30 as part of the third week of the "Third Republic of Korea Flood Safety Emphasis Period" (April 15-May 14). The sessions will target disaster management officials at regional environment offices, flood control offices and local governments.
Training will be held in sequence at the Han River Basin Environment Office on April 27, the Nakdong River Basin Environment Office on April 28, the Geum River Basin Environment Office on April 29 and the Yeongsan River Basin Environment Office on April 30.
The ministry said it has reorganized the program into an integrated, headquarters-led format, replacing the previous approach of separate trainings by institution. Officials will learn the full flood response process, each agency’s role and how coordination works as a single workflow. The curriculum will focus on practical skills, including how to use flood response systems, to strengthen on-the-ground response capacity.
The ministry provides flood alerts at 223 locations, water-level data at 983 locations, artificial intelligence closed-circuit television (AI CCTV) and flood risk maps. It also operates systems including the "Integrated Flood Situation Monitoring System" and the "Dam-River Digital Twin Water Management Platform."
To increase local government use of these tools, the ministry said it will give step-by-step guidance, from account registration and login to hands-on use during actual flood response, for officials who are new to the systems or unfamiliar with how to operate them.
The program will also cover the ministry’s flood measures for this summer, best practices in flood response and situation reporting, ways to use flood risk maps, and management of flood-vulnerable areas. The ministry said the training will be conducted in a practical format so local officials can clearly understand their roles and respond effectively when flooding occurs.
"In flood response, careful and swift situation assessment from the early stage is important," said Cho Hee-song, director general of the ministry’s Water Management Policy Office. "We will prepare thoroughly for floods through substantive training that strengthens the capabilities of frontline disaster response officials."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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