- Date:2025-07-09
- Department:Hazard Control Division
To strengthen Taiwan's overall response effectiveness to chemical substance disasters, the Ministry of Environment officially launched the "Central Taiwan Toxic Substance Emergency Response Training Center" (Central Training Center) today (20th), jointly conducting the inauguration ceremony with the National Fire Agency, Ministry of the Interior, and signing an inter-ministerial cooperation memorandum on the same day, opening a new phase of systematic, professional, and international training for specialized response personnel.
The Central Training Center is located within the National Fire Agency Training Center campus in Nantou County, featuring diversified practical training areas and teaching spaces, providing a comprehensive chemical disaster response training environment. This project was approved by the Executive Yuan in 2017 for implementation, underwent design and construction phases, was completed in December 2024, and officially inaugurated today (20th). The ceremony invited representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, National Land Management Agency, local governments, firefighting units, industry, and academia to witness this important milestone in national-level disaster prevention infrastructure development.
On the same day, the Chemicals Administration and the National Fire Agency also signed an inter-ministerial cooperation memorandum (MOU). Both parties will promote venue sharing, resource reciprocity, teaching material sharing, simulation exercises, and instructor exchanges based on policy development and training capacity. They will also strive to develop high-intensity, practice-oriented inter-ministerial joint training courses, constructing a systematic professional training platform, and comprehensively enhancing response and rescue capabilities.
The Ministry of Environment stated that the launch of the Central Training Center not only completes hardware construction but also symbolizes a crucial milestone in the institutionalization and internationalization of Taiwan's toxic disaster response training. In the future, it will continue to strengthen inter-ministerial cooperation, cultivate professional talent, enhance the resilience of the disaster prevention system, safeguard the lives and property of our citizens, and build a forward-looking disaster prevention society.
