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Objective: This study is to identify traumatic experiences, PTSD, and alcohol use of government officials who worked in front line for burying and disposal of lived animals during foot-and-mouth disease epidemic. Methods: The participants of this study were 442 government officials who worked in front line during foot-and-mouth disease epidemic. The frequency analysis, T-test, and One-way ANOVA were conducted to find out differences of drinking frequency, drinking amount, and binge drinking concerning socio-demographic characteristics, whether to have traumatic experiences or not, and PTSD. Results: First, the characteristics of alcohol use among participants are as follows. The rate of alcohol use was 91%, frequency of drinking was 51.4% in 2-4 times a month, and 27.3% in 2-3 times a week. The high risk alcohol use, which drinks 7 glasses or more was 59.4% and frequency of binge drinking was 70% in more than once a month. Second, the differences of drinking frequency concerning age were statistically significant but the result of scheffe test was not significant. Third, the differences of alcohol use concerning serious injury of self were statistically significant. The mean scores of other traits of alcohol use such as drinking frequency, drinking amount, and frequency of binge drinking were high in the group who experienced serious injury of self, serious injury of others, threatened death of self, threatened death of others, and high risk in PTSD even though there were no statistical significances. Conclusion: The practical suggestions of intervention for government officials who experienced foot-and-mouth disease trauma and their alcohol use were made based on this study.