Gwangju City Selected as an 'Excellent Institution' in Disaster Management Evaluation for Two Consecutive Years

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 25th that it was selected as an excellent disaster management institution (1st among special metropolitan cities) for two consecutive years among 17 metropolitan local governments in the 2020 Disaster Management Evaluation conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, securing a special grant of 400 million KRW.

This disaster management evaluation comprehensively assessed the 2019 disaster management performance based on 118 indicators across 16 core competencies at each disaster management stage (joint, prevention, preparedness, response, recovery) for 325 disaster management responsible organizations (28 central ministries, 243 local governments, 54 public institutions).

The evaluation covered ▲common areas such as the establishment of safety management plans and the thoroughness of disaster management evaluation responses ▲prevention areas including safety education and cultural movement promotion, strengthening safety management for vulnerable groups, and achievements in the national safety inspection ▲preparedness areas such as the creation and revision of crisis management manuals by disaster type, efforts to establish public-private cooperation systems, natural disaster preparedness status, and crisis management performance in private multi-use facilities ▲response areas including the formation of disaster response task forces, role assignments, training, and actual disaster response cases ▲and recovery areas such as securing and managing disaster relief infrastructure and disaster insurance subscription performance, conducted at each disaster management stage.

Gwangju was evaluated as actively promoting thorough safety management plan establishment, disaster and disaster safety specialized education, comprehensive natural disaster mitigation plan establishment and implementation, health disaster mitigation activities such as legal infectious diseases, and the creation and revision of crisis management manuals.

Jung Min-gon, Director of the Citizen Safety Office of the city, said, “As a result of efforts to raise the level of disaster management by implementing various policies to build Gwangju as a model safety city, we achieved the outcome of being selected as an excellent institution,” and added, “We will strive for post-COVID response for a safe Gwangju.”

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