육군 재난관리자 역량 강화 방안

Abstract

As national disasters have become larger and more complex recently, the importance of disaster management has increased. Also, as the scope of the national disaster has expanded to non-military domains, disasters becomeone of the key factors in terms of national security. Army, which plays a pivotal role in national security, is no exception regarding national disaster management. Against this backdrop, the perception that only the personnel in charge of disaster management takes responsibilities for Army disaster management tasks has to be avoided. Instead, the effort to enhance the competency of all emergency managers should be made. That is, it is urgent to shift our perception of disaster management to proactive and intergrated activities of all unit commanders and staffs. Therefore, this study proposes to expand the concept of Army emergency manager from personnel in charge of disaster management to commanders and staff officers of all units, and to enhance their expertise in disaster management by introducing a variety of education programs and system. First of all, this study suggests ways to enhance competency of Army’s emergency manager through SWOT analysis by reviewing the basis of Army’s legal education on disaster management and researches current status of aid from the Army in time of national disasters, disasters that take place in Army, operation of disaster control headquarter, and disaster management education. Furthermore, by conducting a survey involving commanders and staff officers, it identifies perception and issues of current competency enhancement educations led by personnel in charge of disaster management. Regarding measures to enhance competency of Army emergency managers, the necessity is underscored to expand the subject for emergency manager education by utilizing civil and government education organization, increase the selection proportion of students for commissioned education program of civil universities and the defense university, designate disaster management area as policy expert position, assign those who received disaster management education program to the positions of key emergency manager, and make regular disaster management education mandatory. In this regard, it is expected that expanded concept of Army’s emergency manager and improved education and system for competency enhancement would contribute to training and grooming experts who can effectively respond when disasters take place in Army.