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3. Enhancing Safety Measures for Disaster Rescue Missions
The Fire Services Act was amended and promulgated on November 13, 2019, adding Article 20-1,
Article 21-1, and Article 27-1. The NFA announced the amendments to the law before its completion,

and a short, simplified version was compiled in May 2020. The amendments are to be implemented
by the local fire departments in 2021 to promote various publicity matters.

(1) On April 22, 2020, the Ministry issued the "Criteria for Recognition of Dangerous Disaster Relief
Operations" (Right of Avoiding), which defines that under the conditions that no one at the scene

is in danger and the safety of rescue workers at all levels is confirmed, and considering the pur-
pose of rescue and the risk of disaster relief, then, appropriate rescue actions can be taken.

(2) On April 10, 2020, the Ministry formulated and promulgated the "Measures for the Establishment of Di-
saster and Accident Investigation Committees" (investigation rights). The Ministry of the Interior estab-
lishes a disaster accident investigation committee to investigate the causes of death or serious injury of
firefighters and volunteer firefighters due to disaster rescue and propose disaster rescue improvement

suggestions. On July 21, 2020, the NFA sent a letter to the fire departments at all levels to compile the
following information into a book and send the book back to the NFA. The information is compiled
according to Article 9 of the above measures, including the information that the local fire department

of the accident will provide relevant information on the incident occurrence process, handling situation,
cause analysis, improvement, countermeasures, and other necessary investigation matters.

(3) In addition to the execution of disaster rescue deaths or serious injuries, other firefighter casual-
ties (such as traffic accidents on the way to work) occur. In order to discover potential dangers,
improvement actions should be proposed timely to strengthen the safety of firefighters. On No-
vember 18, 2021, the "Execution Plan for the Classification and Layered Mechanism of Accident

Investigation of Fire Departments" was issued as an official document, and each local fire depart-
ment established a hierarchical and layered review mechanism according to the severity and type
of the incident. According to the severity of the incident, the accident investigation team of the
Agency/Administration headquarters/Brigade/Team shall conduct incident investigations to put

forward improvement suggestions and schedules, which will be used as a reference for future res-
cue actions to improve the personal safety of firefighters.

(4) On November 13, 2019, the President promulgated Article 21-1 of the Fire Services Act. In the
event of a fire in the factory, the person with management rights of the factory should provide the
floor plan of the factory area and the necessary information for chemical disaster relief, and assign

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