CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to systematically and efficiently manage disaster management resources, to promptly and stably mobilize disaster management resources when a disaster is likely to occur or occurs, and thereby to protect citizens' lives, physical health, and property, by prescribing matters regarding the management, etc. of disaster management resources.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:
1. The term “disaster management resources" means material and human resources, such as commodities, property, and human resources necessary for disaster management (hereinafter referred to as "disaster management") defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety (hereinafter referred to as the "Framework Act");
2. The term "disaster management commodities" means any of the following commodities that are managed as disaster management resources:
(a) Commodities defined in Article 2 (1) of the Commodity Management Act;
(b) Commodities defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Public Property and Commodity Management Act;
(c) Other commodities prescribed by Presidential Decree as equivalent to those under items (a) and (b);
3. The term "disaster management property" means any of the following property that is managed as disaster management resources:
(a) State property falling under Article 5 (1) 1 through 3 of the State Property Act;
(b) Public property falling under Article 4 (1) 1 through 3 of the Public Property and Commodity Management Act;
(c) Other property prescribed by Presidential Decree as equivalent to that under items (a) and (b);
4. The term "disaster management human resources" means any of the following human resources managed as disaster management resources, which belong to a management agency defined in subparagraph 10 or an institution, organization, or corporation with which the head of a management agency has had prior consultation or concluded a prior agreement pursuant to Article 42 (2):