"112 → There is no notification system to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security"... Firefighting "Simultaneous report to the President's Office and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security"

The government said that there is no system in which police report 112 reports of land accidents, such as the Itaewon crushing disaster, are notified to the Central Disaster and Safety Situation Office of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.

He also explained that the reason why Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min recognized the accident later than President Yoon Seok-yeol was that the Fire Service reported to the Presidential Office and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security at the same time, but it was delayed due to internal procedures of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.

At the briefing of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters related to the Itaewon disaster held at the government complex in Sejong on the 3rd, Kim Seong-ho, head of the Disaster and Safety Management Headquarters of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, amended the law, saying that there is no system in place to receive 119 reports and only 119 reports to the situation room of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security. said I needed this.

112 reports are not received at the Ministry of Public Administration and Security Situation Room, and the records of 11 cases reported by citizens to 112 for about 4 hours before the first massacre appeared means that they did not reach the Situation Room of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.

The incident was reported to the Situation Room of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security on the day of the disaster at 10:48 PM, 33 minutes after the first 119 report was received at 10:15 PM.

After that, the situation room of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security sent a first-stage emergency text message to internal officials at 10:57 pm, but the second-stage emergency text message was sent to the chiefs and vice-ministers at 11:19.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security explained in a press release the day before that Minister Lee was omitted from the list of text messages sent, so even the second-stage emergency text message was received by the staff at the secretariat at 11:20, a minute later.

Director Kim said, "Depending on the situation, there are parts where information cannot be delivered quickly, so we will review the improvement."

When asked why President Yoon Seok-yeol recognized the incident before Minister Lee, Director Kim said, "It is difficult to give a specific answer."

The Fire Service Situation Room reported the accident to the Presidential Office Situation Room at 10:53 pm, 38 minutes after the accident, and the head of the National Situation Office reported the accident to President Yoon at 11:01 pm.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security notified the accident at 10:48 and the President's Office at 10:53, but it seems that it took some time for the report to reach the Minister as the Ministry of Public Administration and Security went through internal procedures.

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