Ministry of Public Safety and Security


The Ministry of Public Safety and Security was an organization of the national government of South Korea with the responsibility of public safety and security. It was established on November 19, 2014 with a merger of the National Emergency Management Agency, Korea Coast Guard, a branch of Safety of Ministry of Security and Public Administration to prevent and efficiently respond to national disasters. It has its headquarters in the Seoul Government Complex.
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History

  1. Safety Industry, Technology : We scrutinize the safety level in every corner of Korea and support the safety industry and technology. Wouldn’t you want to know whether where you live is safe from crime and disaster? MPSS creates safety maps customized for the people such as safe night roads for women and provide information to the public by making available GIS based maps from hazard information collected by public organizations. MPSS fosters the safety industry by supporting advanced safety technologies or products and increasing investments in public/private sectors. We also enhance response capabilities by actively adopting science technologies.
  2. Civil Defense, Elevator Safety : We operate the Civil Defense Corps for emergencies and set policies for the safe use of elevators. MPSS operates the Civil Defense Corps and Civil Defense Alert and Control Center to rapidly respond to national crises and prevent disasters. Also, for the safe use of some 520,000 elevators nationwide, we are improving the institution including the adoption of a new standard and. We have the accident investigation board to assist victims and issue recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.
  1. Fire Suppression · Rescue and Emergency Medical Services : We protect the lives and properties of the people from fires and dangers. On an average day, about 100 fire accidents occur, 300 people are rescued from distress and 4,600 patients are serviced by 119 in Korea. In order to protect the lives and properties of the people from fires and other hazards, MPSS upgrades firefighting gears to rapidly and precisely respond to incidents and enhances the professionalism of firefighters through continuous and repetitive exercises. By promoting preemptive fire prevention policies, we are creating an environment for the fire industry to advance are making, MPSS maintains a high quality system enabling patients all across the country to receive timely and proper emergency treatment and then be transferred to a hospital by 119 EMT services.
  2. Maritime Search and Rescue Operations : We protect the precious lives of our people through preemptive response to maritime incidents. It is imperative to response within the golden time, the first hour in a maritime incident. To strengthen the initial response capabilities for maritime incidents, MPSS expanded Korea Coast Guard Special Rescue Unit and Maritime Rescue Teams and also increased its maritime rescue assets including large helicopters and speed boats. We are conducting intense full-scale SAR exercises to improve on-scene response capacity.
  3. Special Disaster Response : The Special Disaster Management Office was created to exclusively manage and respond to special disasters. The Special Disaster Management Office, launched to respond to special disasters involving large-scale traffic accidents, environmental pollution, infectious diseases, animal diseases, nuclear energy and information technology, analyzes the disaster response capabilities of relevant departments, monitors the situation and provide professional technical support. Furthermore, the Office is responsible for building partnerships with involved agencies such as domestic and international disaster related private organizations, societies, associations, research institutes and others, and also overseeing the general operation of the Government Disaster Cause Investigation Team.
  1. Maritime Security : We will defend our maritime territory. We will increase the value of our ocean. For Korea, a country with territorial waters 4.5 times the land area, ensuring maritime sovereignty is the most important of all. 5 Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, 17 Coast Guard Stations and 9,000 Coast Guard men and women are vigilantly guarding our maritime territories including Dokdo and Ieodo and championing our maritime interests. By enforcing strong measures against foreign illegal fishing, we protect the livelihood of the fishermen who build the lives around the sea. We are also prepared against threats as terrorism through close-to-real exercises. Korea Coast Guard of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security considers protecting the sea as protecting the value of Korea and makes every effort in defending the maritime sovereignty of Korea.
  2. Marine Pollution Response : Preserving the clean ocean is protecting hope. Protecting and preserving our clean ocean is protecting the hope of Korea. The Ministry of Public Safety and Security maintains a unified command system as the primary entity in charge of handling maritime pollution and strengthens the private-public military partnership to ensure perfect response within the golden time. We form the emergency response team for rapid containment of maritime pollution and to maintain a 24-hour response system. In order to improve national pollution control capabilities, we reinforced assets such as oil spill response vessels. We protect the clean sea by focusing on high risk areas to prevent pollution incidents from happening.
  1. Control Natural Disasters and Societal Disasters : We operate the National Disaster and Safety Headquarters and cover all disasters. In the event of natural or societal disasters, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security has set a disaster response system that is immediately operational at the scene by unifying the disaster control system as the control tower and establishing a command system on scene. We will support the victims of unexpected disasters or accidents to return to their daily lives as soon as possible through field-oriented recovery assistance services. Also, we are building a preemptive disaster response system though integrating scientific situation management using advanced IT technologies, disaster communication networks and the National Disaster Management System. The Ministry of Public Safety and Security is creating a country safe from disasters.
  2. Disaster reduction, Climate change, Earthquake prevention : We reduce disasters by taking preventive measures and tackle climate change, earthquakes and tsunamis. We push for early implementation of disaster prevention projects and carry out various interactive exercises to enable the public to respond to disasters and safety threats in everyday life by themselves. To prepare for various disasters including earthquakes and tsunamis, we develop manuals applicable in real situations and enhance response capacities through exercises. We also preemptively prepare for disasters by setting standards for and increasing the number of prevention facilities factoring in climate change.
  3. National Disaster and Safety Control Center : We control crises around the clock. The place where the lights never go out 365 days a year. The place where situations all over the country are under control 24 hours a day. It is the National Disaster and Safety Control Center of Korea. To ensure a complete initial response to a situation as the nation’s crisis control tower, the National Disaster and Safety Control Center is operated in an integrated four-shift system. The center monitors in real time all information regarding natural/societal disasters occurring in land or at sea, the fire service, the police, the weather conditions and more. It also strengthens the collaborating system among relevant organizations against complex disasters.

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