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Casualty and loss of property as a result of many natural or man-made
emergencies are increasing steadily in Korea. So Korean government has
constructed A emergency management organization to prevent various
emergencies and minimize damages from catastrophes. But the emergency
management organization in local government does not cope with emergencies
effectively. From this point of view, the purpose of this study is to analyze
emergency management organization and to propose the effective construction
of emergency management organization in local governments. The ideal
emergency management organization should be constructed as to the attributes
of emergency. The attributes of emergency are uncertainty, complexity,
cumulativeness and recognition. According to the attributes of emergency, the
emergency management organization in local governments should have An
organic, cooperative, integrative and learning structure. An organic structure is
needed decentralization in power, redundancy and deauthoritarian culture. A
cooperative structure is needed horizontal linkage with inter-governments and
structuring private participation. A integrative structure is needed united local
emergency management organization and integrated information system. A
learning structure is needed specialized human resources, intensive training and
standardized common emergency manual.
