"Protecting the Golden Hour": Jeju Launches Comprehensive Public-Private Joint Response Network for Missing Person and Crisis Incidents

First Meeting of Missing Persons and Crisis Response Council Held on September 9
Launch of Integrated Search Network Involving Police, Administration, and Private Groups
Maximizing Early Response by Mobilizing All Available Resources

On September 9, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province held the inaugural meeting of the “Jeju Missing·Crisis Incident Response Council” and officially launched efforts to establish an integrated and effective search network. This initiative is designed to create a robust joint response system that swiftly coordinates all available personnel and equipment from administrative entities, fire departments, autonomous police, and private partner organizations during the initial search phase when a missing person or crisis incident occurs, alongside police and maritime police.

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Government Building.

The first meeting, held at 5 p.m. in the Samda Hall of Jeju Provincial Government, was chaired by Park Cheon-su, Vice Governor for Administrative Affairs. It was organized as a follow-up measure to the “Safe Jeju Countermeasure Related Agencies Meeting” led by the governor on August 27.

Key public safety and security agencies—Jeju Province and its administrative cities, police, fire services, maritime police, and autonomous police—attended the meeting, along with major private partner groups including the Volunteer Fire Brigade, Community Patrol, and Resident Autonomous Police Unit.

Participants conducted an intensive review of the “Integrated Search Support Manual (Draft),” which specifies the roles and cooperation procedures for each participating organization.

Main topics discussed included: the process for requesting search support and sharing information rapidly, seamless coordination of available personnel and equipment by each organization, operation of emergency contact systems, and practical measures for providing effective on-site search support.

Based on their field search experience, the participating organizations suggested improvements to the draft manual. The province announced it will compile these suggestions and immediately apply them at actual incident sites.

With the launch of this council, Jeju Province also decided to maintain strict management of each agency’s emergency contact lists and available resources even under normal circumstances, and to operate the joint response system at all times so that, in the event of an incident, all administrative and private resources can be rapidly mobilized at the same time as the police or maritime police request search support.

Park Cheon-su, Vice Governor for Administrative Affairs, stated, “Because initial response is critical in missing and crisis incidents, prompt information sharing and seamless inter-agency cooperation are indispensable.” He added, “The province and related organizations will work closely together to make Jeju a place where both residents and visitors can feel thoroughly safe and secure.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.