On the 20th, nationwide civil defense training simulating an air raid situation will be conducted.
The training, which will take place from 2 p.m., will start with an air raid alert, followed by a warning alert and an all-clear alert.
When the air raid alert is issued exactly at 2 p.m., civil defense sirens will sound across the country, and warnings will be broadcast along with safety guidance messages being sent. At this time, people should quickly evacuate to the nearest civil defense shelter or underground space.
There are a total of about 17,000 designated civil defense shelters nationwide. These include underground parking lots in apartments, subway stations, and underground shopping malls, which can be checked on Naver, Daum, Kakao Maps, T map, Naver Map, and the Safety Stepping Stone application. If there is no shelter nearby, individuals can go to the underground spaces of surrounding buildings.
Afterward, when the warning alert is issued at around 2:15 p.m., individuals may leave the shelters and move about, and the training will conclude at 2:20 p.m. with the all-clear alert.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to focus on training to give way to emergency vehicles during this civil defense drill. Vehicle drivers should turn on their hazard lights and slow down when emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances approach during the training.
Jang Han, the civil defense commissioner of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, said, "Civil defense training is a practice to protect the lives and safety of oneself and one's family in crisis situations," urging citizens to actively participate and cooperate.