Gyeongnam Ranks First Nationwide in Managing Children's Play Facilities

Water Play Area Safety Inspection. / Provided by Gyeongnam Province

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongnam Province ranked first among 15 metropolitan local governments in the national safety management evaluation.

On the 20th, Gyeongnam Province announced that it took first place nationwide in this year's water play safety management performance evaluation conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Among the seven excellent children's playgrounds selected nationwide by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety this year, two facilities in the province were chosen.

In water play safety management, the province received excellent evaluations for conducting preliminary safety inspections ahead of the early heatwave, early deployment of safety management personnel, implementation of a dedicated management system for water play areas, and organizing weekend emergency duty teams to continuously prevent water play safety accidents.

The excellent children's playgrounds stood out in areas such as safety management status, maintenance and operation, child development linkage, safe design, and community revitalization among the children's playgrounds recommended by each city and province.

Miryang-si Danjang-myeon Uri Ai Maeum Sup Playground and Tongyeong-si Gwangdo-myeon Anjeong Park Children's Playground were selected as excellent children's playgrounds.

In addition, the province proactively conducted safety inspections on 710 vulnerable facilities such as multi-use facilities throughout the year.

It conducted spot checks on 549 locations including water play areas, elevators, and children's playgrounds, and carried out special inspections at 161 locations according to seasonal periods such as thawing and winter.

Shin Daeho, head of the Provincial Disaster Safety and Construction Headquarters, said, “Through proactive preventive activities, we will continue to do our best to serve as guardians to ensure that no safety accidents occur, prioritizing the safety of residents, which is the top value of provincial administration.”

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