National Heritage Disaster Response Drill Simulates Wildfire at Woljeongsa Temple
Real-time link between the Central Disaster Management Headquarters and the field site
Evaluation by the Central Assessment Team and public participation group
A disaster-response drill simulating a large wildfire spreading to national heritage sites will be held at Woljeongsa Temple in Pyeongchang.
The Korea Heritage Service will conduct the “National Heritage Disaster Response Safe Korea Training” at Woljeongsa Temple on October 28, as part of the “Disaster Response Safe Korea Training” organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The drill is a practical exercise to prepare for large wildfires and compound disasters that have become harder to predict due to climate change. It will simulate a wildfire of unknown origin breaking out at Woljeongsa Temple and in the surrounding forest within Odaesan National Park, then spreading to the temple buildings and major national heritage sites.
The drill will be linked in real time via the Public Safety LTE (PS-LTE) network to the Korea Heritage Service’s Central Disaster Management Headquarters at the Government Complex Daejeon. The exercise will proceed as if it were a real emergency, covering the entire process from alerting relevant parties and taking initial response measures to activating the Central Disaster Management Headquarters, coordinating a joint response with relevant organizations, and carrying out recovery work.
At the scene, Woljeongsa Temple’s in-house fire brigade will guide visitors to safety and spray water around the temple buildings. The Cultural Heritage Care Center will install fire-retardant blankets and move movable cultural heritage items using vibration-free vehicles.
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The evaluation will involve a central assessment team made up of private-sector experts and a public participation group of five citizens. They will focus on assessing the plan’s practicality and the effectiveness of the response. A Korea Heritage Service official said, “After the drill, we plan to use feedback from the public participation group and issues identified during real-time inspections to improve the training guidelines.”
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