Ministry of the Interior Promotes Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team Manual, Aims to Complete 'Little Orange Book 2.0' by September
The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) is promoting the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team,' adopting the US CERT model. It plans to distribute manuals to approximately 60,000 community management committees nationwide by September 21. Concurrently, the 'Little Orange Book 2.0' is expected to be compiled and its electronic version released by September. The number of trained disaster prevention specialists has reached 141,000, with a target of 200,000. The MOI will also hold a national rally in June and July and continue to integrate drone technology, aiming to deploy 797 units across Taiwan by 2029.
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(Central News Agency reporter Huang Liyun, Taipei, 4th) To further deepen disaster prevention education for all citizens, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) announced today that it will promote the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team' and will send related manuals to approximately 60,000 community management committees nationwide in September. Additionally, the 'Little Orange Book 2.0' is expected to be compiled by September.
The MOI held a departmental meeting at the National Fire Agency (NFA) in the afternoon to report on the progress of the Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team and disaster prevention specialists, as well as the results of the 'Taiwan Public Safety Guide (Little Orange Book)' outreach sessions. A press conference was held afterward.
Deputy Minister Ma Shih-yuan stated that the MOI, through the National Land Management Agency and the NFA, is planning the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team' for apartment building communities, marking it as a key policy for this year. As the flood season approaches, the NFA is also reviewing overall disaster relief and flood prevention work. The public outreach initiative has also achieved phased results and has future prospects.
Regarding the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team,' NFA Director General Hsiao Huan-chang explained that it introduces the US CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) model to strengthen the self-rescue and mutual aid capabilities of apartment building residents during disasters. The plan involves reviewing and reinforcing measures based on the number of households nationwide and common issues (such as typhoon flooding). The main goals include 'reducing casualties, equipping individuals, enhancing initial response, and improving external mobilization capabilities.'
Through a press release, the MOI stated that the basic training content for the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team' includes 'disaster initial response and organizational structure,' 'fire safety and home energy control,' 'basic first aid practices,' 'communication,' and 'light search and rescue training.' This will enable communities to have autonomous disaster prevention capabilities, allowing them to self-rescue and conduct initial response immediately after a disaster.
Hsiao mentioned that regarding the training results for disaster prevention specialists, the program will be expanded and diversified. The target groups will include security personnel, apartment building management committee members, village (borough) chiefs, and secretaries to strengthen grassroots disaster prevention and response capabilities. The program will also connect with civil organizations like Tzu Chi and enterprises under the Ministry of Economic Affairs to build a social collaboration network. Furthermore, it will include personnel from critical infrastructure and taxi drivers.
The MOI has been promoting the disaster prevention specialist training system since 2018. According to the latest statistics, as of the end of May this year, the cumulative number of trained disaster prevention specialists has reached approximately 141,000, moving towards the goal of 200,000.
Lin Chen-lu, Director of the Department of Religious and Civil Affairs, stated that from the end of last year to May this year, 32 sessions of the public safety guide outreach (Little Orange Book sessions) were held. Using temple squares as venues, these sessions covered all 22 counties and cities in Taiwan, including outlying islands, with approximately 13,490 participants. The aim is to enhance public awareness of potential dangers.
Regarding flood prevention preparations, Deputy Director General Chu Ching-lun of the National Land Management Agency said that dredging hotspots and inspections were completed ahead of schedule by the end of April. This included dredging 99.9 kilometers (31,000 cubic meters) of waterways. All 232 pumping stations and 21 detention basins nationwide were inspected before the flood season.
Regarding the post-disaster management of the landslide dam on the Matai'an River in Hualien, the 41 interim housing units built by the National Land Management Agency were handed over in January this year and are being allocated for settlement. A subsidy of NT$138.48 million has been approved for the Hualien County Government to carry out six post-disaster reconstruction projects to enhance overall flood control and drainage resilience. These projects are expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Chu pointed out that once the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team Manual' is compiled, it will be distributed to approximately 60,000 communities nationwide. It is scheduled to be sent to the management committees of these communities by September 21 this year, achieving the goal of 'everyone understands disaster prevention, and communities can self-rescue.' No one is an outsider; when a disaster strikes, everyone must help themselves and each other. The agency will work with the NFA to strengthen relevant disaster prevention capabilities.
In response to a media inquiry after the meeting about the progress of the 'Taiwan Public Safety Guide (Little Orange Book) 2.0,' which is set to be published this year, Ma said that feedback from all sectors is still being collected. Considering hot topics like drones, the National Security Council (NSC) and other agencies will compile the information and reorganize the content. The compilation is expected to be completed by September, with the electronic version released first. The print version is yet to be confirmed and will be announced by the NSC.
The MOI announced that a 'Resilient Taiwan, National Protection – National Disaster Prevention Specialist Joint Rally' will be held in Taichung and Taipei from June to July this year. It is expected to gather approximately 3,200 participants, including disaster prevention specialists, substitute military service personnel, village (borough) chiefs, civil defense and volunteer firefighters, religious groups, and NGOs.
Additionally, the National Search and Rescue Command Center of the Executive Yuan and the NFA's Disaster Rescue Command Center have completed the three-dimensional integration of maritime and aerial search and rescue resources and systems. In terms of information dispatch, the 119 dispatch system has significantly improved case handling and dispatch efficiency by interfacing with the Emergency Management Information System (EMIC).
In terms of physical rescue capacity, the National Search and Rescue Command Center has ordered the Ministry of National Defense, the Coast Guard Administration, and the National Airborne Service Corps to maintain maritime and aerial standby. This is combined with search and rescue vessels deployed by the Navy at bases in Zuoying, Magong, Keelung, and Su'ao to ensure precise mobilization at the first moment a disaster occurs.
The MOI stated that to comprehensively enhance technological disaster relief capabilities, the NFA is actively introducing drone technology, upgrading traditional ground rescue to a three-dimensional key combat capability. The goal is to achieve the deployment of 797 drones across Taiwan by 2029, fully realizing the vision of 'one drone per fire brigade' and safeguarding public safety to the highest standard. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150604
The MOI held a departmental meeting at the National Fire Agency (NFA) in the afternoon to report on the progress of the Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team and disaster prevention specialists, as well as the results of the 'Taiwan Public Safety Guide (Little Orange Book)' outreach sessions. A press conference was held afterward.
Deputy Minister Ma Shih-yuan stated that the MOI, through the National Land Management Agency and the NFA, is planning the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team' for apartment building communities, marking it as a key policy for this year. As the flood season approaches, the NFA is also reviewing overall disaster relief and flood prevention work. The public outreach initiative has also achieved phased results and has future prospects.
Regarding the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team,' NFA Director General Hsiao Huan-chang explained that it introduces the US CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) model to strengthen the self-rescue and mutual aid capabilities of apartment building residents during disasters. The plan involves reviewing and reinforcing measures based on the number of households nationwide and common issues (such as typhoon flooding). The main goals include 'reducing casualties, equipping individuals, enhancing initial response, and improving external mobilization capabilities.'
Through a press release, the MOI stated that the basic training content for the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team' includes 'disaster initial response and organizational structure,' 'fire safety and home energy control,' 'basic first aid practices,' 'communication,' and 'light search and rescue training.' This will enable communities to have autonomous disaster prevention capabilities, allowing them to self-rescue and conduct initial response immediately after a disaster.
Hsiao mentioned that regarding the training results for disaster prevention specialists, the program will be expanded and diversified. The target groups will include security personnel, apartment building management committee members, village (borough) chiefs, and secretaries to strengthen grassroots disaster prevention and response capabilities. The program will also connect with civil organizations like Tzu Chi and enterprises under the Ministry of Economic Affairs to build a social collaboration network. Furthermore, it will include personnel from critical infrastructure and taxi drivers.
The MOI has been promoting the disaster prevention specialist training system since 2018. According to the latest statistics, as of the end of May this year, the cumulative number of trained disaster prevention specialists has reached approximately 141,000, moving towards the goal of 200,000.
Lin Chen-lu, Director of the Department of Religious and Civil Affairs, stated that from the end of last year to May this year, 32 sessions of the public safety guide outreach (Little Orange Book sessions) were held. Using temple squares as venues, these sessions covered all 22 counties and cities in Taiwan, including outlying islands, with approximately 13,490 participants. The aim is to enhance public awareness of potential dangers.
Regarding flood prevention preparations, Deputy Director General Chu Ching-lun of the National Land Management Agency said that dredging hotspots and inspections were completed ahead of schedule by the end of April. This included dredging 99.9 kilometers (31,000 cubic meters) of waterways. All 232 pumping stations and 21 detention basins nationwide were inspected before the flood season.
Regarding the post-disaster management of the landslide dam on the Matai'an River in Hualien, the 41 interim housing units built by the National Land Management Agency were handed over in January this year and are being allocated for settlement. A subsidy of NT$138.48 million has been approved for the Hualien County Government to carry out six post-disaster reconstruction projects to enhance overall flood control and drainage resilience. These projects are expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Chu pointed out that once the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team Manual' is compiled, it will be distributed to approximately 60,000 communities nationwide. It is scheduled to be sent to the management committees of these communities by September 21 this year, achieving the goal of 'everyone understands disaster prevention, and communities can self-rescue.' No one is an outsider; when a disaster strikes, everyone must help themselves and each other. The agency will work with the NFA to strengthen relevant disaster prevention capabilities.
In response to a media inquiry after the meeting about the progress of the 'Taiwan Public Safety Guide (Little Orange Book) 2.0,' which is set to be published this year, Ma said that feedback from all sectors is still being collected. Considering hot topics like drones, the National Security Council (NSC) and other agencies will compile the information and reorganize the content. The compilation is expected to be completed by September, with the electronic version released first. The print version is yet to be confirmed and will be announced by the NSC.
The MOI announced that a 'Resilient Taiwan, National Protection – National Disaster Prevention Specialist Joint Rally' will be held in Taichung and Taipei from June to July this year. It is expected to gather approximately 3,200 participants, including disaster prevention specialists, substitute military service personnel, village (borough) chiefs, civil defense and volunteer firefighters, religious groups, and NGOs.
Additionally, the National Search and Rescue Command Center of the Executive Yuan and the NFA's Disaster Rescue Command Center have completed the three-dimensional integration of maritime and aerial search and rescue resources and systems. In terms of information dispatch, the 119 dispatch system has significantly improved case handling and dispatch efficiency by interfacing with the Emergency Management Information System (EMIC).
In terms of physical rescue capacity, the National Search and Rescue Command Center has ordered the Ministry of National Defense, the Coast Guard Administration, and the National Airborne Service Corps to maintain maritime and aerial standby. This is combined with search and rescue vessels deployed by the Navy at bases in Zuoying, Magong, Keelung, and Su'ao to ensure precise mobilization at the first moment a disaster occurs.
The MOI stated that to comprehensively enhance technological disaster relief capabilities, the NFA is actively introducing drone technology, upgrading traditional ground rescue to a three-dimensional key combat capability. The goal is to achieve the deployment of 797 drones across Taiwan by 2029, fully realizing the vision of 'one drone per fire brigade' and safeguarding public safety to the highest standard. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150604
FAQ
What is the 'Community Autonomous Disaster Prevention Team'?
It is an autonomous disaster prevention organization planned by the Taiwan MOI for apartment communities, adopting the US CERT model.
When will the 'Little Orange Book 2.0' be released?
It is expected to be compiled by September this year, with the electronic version released first.
How can I become a disaster prevention specialist in Taiwan?
You need to take the MOI-accredited disaster prevention specialist training course and complete the required training.