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National Fire Services

2. Implementing the 5-year “Mid-Term Program for Enhancing Taiwan’s Capa-
bilities in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR)

This program ran from 2019 to 2023. By the end of 2022, five different types of transport vehicles,
19 automobiles and motorcycles for fire services, one set of disaster rescue equipment for the group,
251 sets of on-duty fire service equipment for individuals, 59 sets of water equipment, etc., had been

procured. Moreover, 909 people from the SSARTs of municipality and county (city) governments have
been put through the combined training on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR)
to strengthen their capabilities to conduct major disaster rescue tasks.

3. Promoting the “National Accreditation Process (NAP)” system for national
SAR training to elevate disaster prevention and rescue capabilities

To be in line with the international SAR system, and to promote the national accreditation plan for
the domestic SSARTs, guidance was given to SAR teams across the country for them to obtain a cer-
tificate of medium-level SAR capabilities, or higher. As of 2022, four SSARTs have been successfully
accredited, where a certificate of heavy-level SAR competency was granted to SSARTs of Taipei City

Government and New Taipei City Government, respectively, and a certificate of medium-level SAR
competency was granted to Taitung County Government and Pingtung County Government. Through
the international SAR experience drawn from Turkey's earthquake disaster, as per Minister Lin Yu-
Chang of the MOI, the NAP international certification is to be promoted continuously to comprehen-

sively enhance the national SAR competency. In 2023, four sessions of accreditation will be carried out
to determine the competency level of the Fire Departments of Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaoh-
siung City Governments. Meanwhile, training for NAP-certified teams is to be enhanced on a regular
basis, and close integration is to be implemented with the United Nations SAR system, to comply with

international rescue norms and competency certification.

4. Promoting the "5G Field Plan for Fire Services"

In 2021-2023, the “Plan for 5G Digital AI Rescue Platform” was scheduled for implementation for
Taiwan’s SSARTs. As of 2022, one set of intelligent SAR platform systems was completed, with integrat-
ed functions of drone fleets and smart AR helmets, thermal imaging devices, and AI image recognition,

allowing images at the scenes to be transmitted back in real time. In addition, through a 3D modeling
system, 3D images of the disaster scene can be quickly drawn up for display on the information integra-
tion panel, assisting the USAR Coordination Cell (UCC) in judging routes for disaster rescue, and allow-
ing the commanders to quickly grasp the site information in the disaster area. Moreover, the platform

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