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Busan Metropolitan City Conducts Disaster Recovery Drill to Prepare for Data Center Fires

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Busan Metropolitan City announced that it will conduct a disaster recovery drill in preparation for potential fires today (25th) at 3 p.m. at the City Hall Data Center on the fifth floor.

This drill was arranged in response to the fire that occurred on September 26 at the National Computing & Information Agency’s data center, which caused disruptions to public and civil services and resulted in inconvenience to citizens. The city aims to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Following a joint fire safety inspection conducted from October 14 to 17 at 24 public information system facilities within the city, this drill seeks to further verify data stability and business continuity for critical systems.

A total of 25 participants—including City Hall data center personnel and the Fire & Disaster Headquarters (Dongnae Fire Station)—will take part. The drill will cover stability checks of the information systems and related facilities inside the data center, familiarization with rapid fire response procedures, and strengthening the center’s disaster recovery capabilities.

Through this disaster recovery drill, the city aims to reaffirm the reliability of its disaster recovery system, ensuring that critical data can be safely stored and swiftly restored in the event of a fire or other disaster, so that citizens do not experience inconvenience or damage from digital disruptions. Busan Metropolitan City intends to make every effort to safeguard the safety of its data center and information systems.

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Overview of the Fire Response Drill at the Busan City Hall Data Center

• Date/Location: November 25, 2025 (Tue), 15:00–18:00, Busan City Hall Data Center (5th floor)
• Drill Details: Simulation of partial system failure due to a fire in the data center cloud room; establishment of an initial fire suppression system; rapid restoration of damaged information systems through activation of the disaster recovery center; inspection of disaster response coordination with relevant departments and organizations
• Procedure: Fire detection and notification → Initial response → System recovery → Completion
• Participants: Busan Metropolitan City, Busan Human Resource Development Center, Fire & Disaster Headquarters, related companies (25 participants total)

The city has been pursuing a “Cloud Platform Establishment” project since 2019—the first among local governments—to build a safe and efficient advanced IT-based smart administrative environment. At the same time, it established a cloud-based disaster recovery center at the Busan Human Resource Development Center to prepare for digital disasters. Major information systems—such as the city website and the Integrated Real Estate Information Service—are backed up in real time through online remote storage.

Furthermore, a city official stated that Busan Metropolitan City is preparing a mid- to long-term plan to establish an integrated data center and a disaster recovery center that will encompass all public institutions across the city, including district and county offices, municipal agencies, and public corporations.

The city currently operates a triple-backup system (internal, distributed, and remote backup) in which most critical data and services are stored remotely. For certain internal administrative data that are not yet remotely backed up, the city plans to transition individual information systems to cloud-based infrastructure to secure real-time remote backup in the short term.

After the construction of the Western Busan Government Complex in 2029, the city plans to establish a new integrated data center covering all public institutions citywide and to repurpose the existing data center as the citywide disaster recovery center under a systematic mid-term plan.

Jo Young-tae, Director General of the Administrative Management Bureau, stated, “The City Hall Data Center is a core facility that safeguards citizens’ valuable information and supports the city’s essential information services. We will devote every effort to ensuring that public services are never disrupted under any disaster situation.”