Regulation-Oriented Beach Utilization Plan

Establishment of a Safety Management System for Waterfront Spaces Related to Marine Leisure Activities in Korea

“…Unlike qualifications for civilians, which generally have different qualifying processes and evaluations depending on the organization, systematic education and evaluation for lifeguards are established according to national qualification standards, and thus, such system is assessed to have greater professionalism. Moreover, professionalism that water safety experts should have is also assessed to be higher (Kim and Lee, 2021).…”

“…After the Sewol ferry disaster, steps to disband NEMA were not taken, but NEMA personnel for management of waterfront spaces for marine leisure activities is being gradually reduced due to various reasons, included revision of relevant laws, coast guard guidelines, and conversion of firefighter status to class 9 public officials (Song and Park, 2021). Consequently, local governments are facing greater administrative and financial burdens, while other have pointed out the lack of expertise due to civilian operation (Lee and Kim, 2021).…”

“…The academic community has also recognized such problems and there have been various studies on changing relevant laws and marine leisure safety system (Ji, 2021;Kim, 2020;2017;Kwon and Bing, 2015;Lee and Kim, 2021;Lee and Kim, 2020;Son, 2007), but such studies have not proposed any real solutions. Various studies related to this subject have also been conducted outside of Korea (Ratcliffe, 1992;Zalewski, 2011), but there are difficulties in applying such studies due to differences in relevant laws in each country.…”