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rescue related to winds, earthquakes (including soil liquefaction), fires, explosions, and volcanoes,
the NFA has periodically convened meetings to horizontally consolidate important issues among var-
ious agencies, and to implement preparedness plans for disaster prevention and rescue. At the same
time, experts and scholars are invited to make suggestions on the revision of preparedness plans for

disaster prevention and rescue efforts for the future, as well as to share major disaster case studies
from around the globe.

5. Implementing disaster prevention education and publicity

To raise citizens’ awareness of earthquake disaster prevention and to encourage citizens’ earth-
quake disaster preparedness, the government has produced various kinds of publicity materials (e.g.,

posters, manuals, press releases, broadcast audio scripts, etc.) to conduct various theme-based pub-
licity activities (e.g., series events for National Disaster Prevention Day, publicity fairs, etc.) through
various media channels (e.g., the NFA’s official website, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, the NFA’s
“READY TW” website, etc.), to enhance the effectiveness of earthquake disaster prevention and en-

courage participation in such activities by all people.

6. Promoting the "Readiness TW" e-App

A website full of disaster prevention information, along with a "Citizens’ Readiness TW e-App" is
available on the website for download. It was deployed by the NFA to provide the public with easy
access to information on disaster prevention. Based on the real-time physical location of a mobile de-

vice with the e-App installed, instant queries can be made via the e-App about weather conditions,
current or forecast, such as rainfall, wind speed, etc. In addition, the system also provides alerts/
special reports for 17 types of disasters, such as heavy rains, typhoons, earthquakes, mudslides, res-
ervoir/flood discharges, etc. When a disaster occurs, the system actively delivers important disaster

prevention messages to users, enabling them to obtain first-hand disaster information and condi-
tions, as well as the government’s response measures, so as to ultimately achieve one-stop disaster
prevention information.

To further enhance system operation convenience and to provide more accurate and more per-

sonalized disaster information, in 2022, the "Emergency 119 App" was comprehensively upgraded to
the "Readiness TW e-App," which also integrated other apps and important information of the NFA,
streamlining the process of finding data across multiple web pages, thus improving data viewing effi-

ciency and offering convenient services for users. The newly introduced services offered through the
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