Gyeongju City Receives 'Highest Grade' in Ministry of the Interior and Safety Disaster Management Evaluation... First Time Since Evaluation Introduction

High Scores in Four Areas: Common, Prevention, Response, and Recovery

The photo shows the Gyeongsangbuk-do Disaster Management Evaluation Team taking a commemorative photo after interviewing Jun Nak-yeong, the mayor of Gyeongju.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Gyeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do announced on the 22nd that it was selected as an "Excellent Institution" in the "2020 Disaster Management Evaluation" conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. This is the first time since the evaluation began in 2005 that Gyeongju City has been selected as an excellent institution in the disaster management evaluation.

The disaster management evaluation is one of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's key projects that comprehensively assesses disaster management capabilities annually for disaster management responsible agencies according to the "Disaster and Safety Management Basic Act." To raise the level of disaster management at the national level, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety has formed a Central Disaster Management Evaluation Team consisting of 60 private experts and has been announcing the results.

This year, a comprehensive evaluation of the 2019 disaster management performance was conducted from January to March 2020 for 325 disaster management responsible agencies (28 central government departments, 54 public institutions, and 243 local governments) using 46 indicators across 16 fields in 5 stages: common, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Gyeongju City received balanced scores for each indicator in this evaluation. In particular, it received high scores in four areas: disaster management common fields, prevention, response, and recovery, and was selected as an excellent institution, the highest rating in the evaluation. Accordingly, it will receive government awards, ministerial citations, prize money, and special grants from the central government.

Mayor Jun Nak-young of Gyeongju said, "Taking this excellent institution selection as an opportunity, we will further strengthen Gyeongju's disaster safety capabilities so that citizens can live comfortably and tourists can visit Gyeongju with peace of mind, and we will do our best to build a disaster-safe Gyeongju."

Meanwhile, last year, Gyeongju experienced a large-scale disaster with a provisional damage amount exceeding 10 billion won due to the direct and indirect effects of seven typhoons, including Typhoon Mitak (declared a special disaster area), but no casualties occurred.

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