KOGAS Runs Realistic Complex-Disaster Drill to Test On-Site Coordination
Korea Gas Corporation concentrated on testing on-site coordination under a simulated complex, cascading disaster scenario designed to mirror real operational conditions.
On the 30th, Korea Gas Corporation held the flagship midyear demonstration drill of the 2026 Disaster Response \"Safe Korea\" exercise at its Pyeongtaek Base Headquarters.
The exercise assumed simultaneous, multiple disasters — including lightning strikes that cripple critical national infrastructure, gas leaks, and fires.
The drill was conducted as an unannounced exercise that applied multiple crisis-management manuals to prepare for the concurrency and complexity of such incidents.
KOGAS deliberately moved away from past, show-oriented drills and focused on maximizing practical disaster-response capabilities.
Planners reviewed past lightning-damage cases and analyzed local Pyeongtaek weather patterns to select realistic disaster types. They then intensified the scenarios to push response systems to their limits, accounting for known gaps in the company’s independent capabilities.
The company concentrated on evaluating genuine interoperability with relevant agencies and the actual operational readiness of on-site assets under conditions that closely resembled real disasters.
First, teams used the Ministry of Interior and Safety’s disaster-safety communications network to rapidly share information among agencies and deployed mobile base stations to remove communications blind spots at the incident site.
They then ran layered, operations-focused drills that included interagency coordination for simulated road-traffic paralysis and evacuation support for local residents.
\"The key to effective disaster management is systematically incorporating field-identified improvements into our manuals,\" said Choi Yeon-hye, president of Korea Gas Corporation. \"Using that continuous feedback loop, we will improve on-site operability and keep refining our disaster-response system.\"
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