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Republic of Korea 119 App

No, it is not a typo. Nifty "national" app for calling their version of 911 and finding shelters.

The Republic of Korea (ROK) has a National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) not to be confused with our NEMA, which is an association of state emergency management directors.

They have developed a nifty 119 App (their version of 911) in English. Besides being able to call 119 to request assistance they also have a shelter location function on the App. This is probably more associated with civil defense and the fact that North Korea is unpredictable and they are technically still at war.

In addition, I see they have CPR instructions also as part of the App. While ROK is not a huge country it is a great example of a national system.

Do you think we could pull something like this off in our own United States of America?

Pascal Schuback shared the link to the US Embassy feature on the App.

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
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