영국의 국가위기관리체계에 관한 고찰- 우리나라 국가위기관리체계 발전을 위한 시사점 중심으로 -
A Study on UK Emergency Management Development - Focused on Suggestions for the Future of the Korean Emergency Management -
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초록
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004, which underpins UK emergency (disaster) management, establishes a consistent level of civil protection across the UK, based on Integrated Emergency Management. Therefore, emergency preparedness and response arrangements also become integrated both within and between responding organisations including emergency services such as the police, the fire brigade, and the ambulance service. Their duties are harmonised and discharged in liaison with other responders such as local authorities, public utility operators, and transport operators at the local level. In particular, the police service has a role in coordinating all of the disaster responses. The paper aims to make some practical suggestions for the future of the Korean emergency management (also the role of the police at the scene of a disaster), based on lessons learned from UK civil protection development. To this end, this paper basically describes UK approaches to crisis and disaster management, presenting an overview of UK emergency management development. It also explores mechanisms of UK local responders in cooperating and sharing information under current legislation.