Songpa-gu Selected as an Excellent Disaster Management Institution... The Only One in Seoul for 4 Consecutive Years

Secured 100 Million Won in Special Local Tax... Preparing for the Post-Corona Era by Strengthening Safety Capabilities

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) has been selected as an excellent institution in disaster management evaluation for four consecutive years until this year.

It is the only achievement among the 25 autonomous districts of Seoul.

The disaster management evaluation is a system conducted annually since 2005 by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to comprehensively assess the disaster and safety management system and activity performance over the past year.

This year, the evaluation was conducted on 325 disaster management responsible institutions nationwide, including 28 central government ministries, 243 local governments, and 54 public institutions.

The evaluation consisted of written assessments and on-site evaluations by expert panels on 39 indicators across four competency areas: individual capability, department capability, network capability, and institutional capability.

The district was selected as an excellent institution by achieving balanced scores across all indicators.

In particular, the interview with the head of the institution received high evaluations for the district administration's vision and commitment to disaster management.

Based on the characteristics of the city with the largest population in Seoul of 680,000 people, the district set "Safe Songpa" as one of the five core goals of the 7th local government administration. Based on this, in 2019, it actively promoted life-close disaster management projects such as creating a safe village in Pungnap 1-dong, operating a 24-hour integrated safety situation room, and expanding the installation of crime prevention CCTVs.

With this excellent institution selection, the district received a special grant of 100 million won as a financial incentive.

Additionally, on the 25th, Eom Dae-seop, head of the Disaster Safety Division, received the highest honor, the Presidential Citation, as a "2020 National Disaster Management Meritorious Public Official," recognizing both the district's vision and execution capability in disaster safety.

Director Eom was highly evaluated for actively preventing regional spread and minimizing damage by operating the Songpa-gu Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters immediately after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), supporting disaster-vulnerable groups, and conducting quarantine activities through public-private cooperation.

Based on this evaluation result, the district plans to further strengthen its disaster response capabilities. It intends to promote disaster mitigation projects such as increasing disaster safety public officials, implementing comprehensive earthquake countermeasures, and providing customized safety management for disaster-vulnerable groups.

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, said, "I am very pleased that various efforts and concerns for the safety of residents have been recognized externally," adding, "As we enter the post-COVID era, the city's disaster safety management capabilities have become even more important, and we will continue to actively discover differentiated safety policies to create 'Safe and Livable Songpa'."

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