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Nationwide Earthquake Disaster Drill”, “CDEOC Forward Command Post Drill” and “Drill of Broadcasting
Major Disaster Emergency Messages in Designated Televisions” in September of 2017. The purpose is to

enhance central government’s role of assisting local governments in conducting disaster rescue missions
and coordination at sites of disaster affected areas. This will enable personnel of central government
agencies be familiar with relevant procedures, enhance the government’s site management and
coordination efficiency, and further increase the country’s tenacity to resist and respond to large-scale
disasters. Besides, an earthquake drill was conducted on the Taiwan Anti-Earthquake Network nationwide,

where an earthquake alert was released at 9:21 on September 21, 2017. In the meantime, 72 cable television
operations released emergency messages to designated PTS channels, enabling all-channel users of the
cable broadcasting system to simultaneously receive the government’s disaster emergency message; all
agencies, schools, companies and citizens took part in the on-the-spot drill (knee down, find a coverage
and keep steady). The aim of this drill is to enhance the earthquake response ability of governments at all
levels (including disaster prevention units and general administrative units) and all nationals.

7. Promotion of Disaster Prevention Education

To enhance the disaster prevention propaganda among all citizens, the NFA has specially designed
and produced disaster prevention propaganda films, posters and brochures, adopted television, radio,
magazines, light-boxes, convenience stores and online media (YouTube, Facebook and e-News), and
collaborated with the Ministry of Education for the promotion of disaster prevention education and
drills. Besides, all kinds of propaganda posters and brochures related to disaster prevention were

distributed nationwide to municipalities and counties/cities to enhance the propaganda, having local
governments distribute these materials.

8. Subsidizing Local Governments to carry out Disaster Prevention and Rescue
Drills

To enhance the disaster response capacity of all municipalities and counties/cities and to cooperate
with the Executive Yuan's plan, nationwide municipality and county/city governments were subsidized

to hold disaster prevention and rescue drills. In 2017, Keelung City, Penghu County and Lienchiang
County governments received NT$1, 000,000 each as the budget of hold disaster prevention and
rescue drill. The implementation project was set by municipality and county/city governments based
on characteristics of the region's potential disasters and the concept of complex disasters. Combined

with the content of regional Disaster Prevention and Protection Project, the disaster conditions were

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