Essential Requirement for Landslide Damage Prevention: 'Pre-Evacuation'... Korea Forest Service Ensures Thorough Measures to Prevent Casualties

Provided by Korea Forest Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service is strengthening activities to prevent secondary damage from landslides in preparation for heavy rain.

According to the Korea Forest Service on the 5th, a landslide crisis alert of 'Warning' is currently in effect in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Daejeon, Sejong, Chungnam, Chungbuk, Gangwon, and Gyeongbuk, while other regions are under the 'Caution' stage. The risk of landslides has increased due to the monsoon and heavy rainfall.

In response, the Korea Forest Service is focusing on ensuring public safety by reflecting rapidly changing weather conditions through emergency disaster text messages and subtitle broadcasts that include crisis alerts and action guidelines.

Especially considering the prolonged monsoon situation, the Korea Forest Service has separately conveyed special instructions from the Head of the Landslide Prevention Support Headquarters (the Korea Forest Service Commissioner) to local governments nationwide, regional forest services, and related agencies, urging each institution to strengthen landslide damage prevention activities.

The special instructions emphasize proactive measures such as preemptive evacuation of residents to prevent casualties when landslide forecasts (warnings and advisories) are issued and the risk of landslides increases, strengthening pre-inspection activities and preventive measures in areas at risk, and prompt emergency actions necessary to prevent secondary damage in landslide-affected areas and collapse sites.

Park Jong-ho, Commissioner of the Korea Forest Service, said, “Preemptive evacuation is most important to prevent casualties from landslides,” and added, “We ask the public to pay close attention to landslide forecasts, weather warnings, and evacuation broadcasts during the ongoing heavy rain situation and to be prepared to evacuate quickly in case of emergency.”

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