無論九二一集集大地震或桃芝颱風，皆造成南投縣無數人命傷亡及財產損失，從過去經驗顯示地方政府救災組織體係運作良莠與生命財產損失有關。本研究針對目前地方政府防救災體系，就參與救災之地方政府防救災體系，就參與救災之地方政府相關組織、單位做深入訪談，包括鄉鎮市公所災害應變中心人員及實地參與搶救之相關救災人員，並以南投縣桃芝颱風受災最嚴重之水里鄉與鹿谷鄉為實證訪談之研究對象，訪談內容涵蓋該兩鄉救災組織體系運作情形及第一時間人命搶救作為，探討目前現行鄉鎮市地方政府層級救災組織體系的問題與盲點，研究發現水里鄉與鹿谷鄉公所並未發揮整合救災資源之應有功能。

Both the 921 Chi-Chi earthquake and Toraji typhoon caused a huge human lives and property losses in Nantou county. The purpose of this study is to study the rescuing system of local governments. According the past cases, the local governments rescuing system function have profound effects on emergency rescuing. Two townships, Shui-Li and Lu-Gu, were chosen in this study because they were heavily damaged in Toraji typhoon. People working in different department of these two local governments were interviewed. It was found that these two township governments didn't function as well as expected.