Gwangju City Significantly Strengthens Natural Disaster Control Tower 'Disaster Safety Situation Room'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 15th that it has significantly strengthened the ‘Disaster Safety Situation Room’ as a control tower to promptly respond to initial stages of social disasters such as infectious diseases and various natural disasters including typhoons and heavy snow, and to prevent the spread of damage.

The city secured additional space for the Disaster Safety Situation Room and expanded the number of situation board screens from the existing 10 to 21, enabling monitoring of a wider area at once.

The video conference system used for various disaster-related countermeasure meetings was reinforced with network and video systems to allow rapid and organic sharing and response to disaster situations among central government ministries, the city, and autonomous districts.

In addition, by linking with the CCTV Integrated Control Center, the General Construction Headquarters, and the Parks and Greenery Division, the number of CCTVs for monitoring rivers, underground roads, and forest fire surveillance was increased from 14 to 52 locations, strengthening the ability for continuous monitoring of disaster-prone areas.

Especially, to help vividly convey on-site situations and enable rapid response in places without CCTV when accidents or disasters occur, a new ‘Smart Situation Transmission System’ was established to transmit video via smartphones and allow on-site command.

This year, to efficiently disseminate disaster situations and guidance, an integrated alert issuance system will be built that can broadcast village broadcasts operated by autonomous districts in an integrated manner, and additional monitoring equipment such as CCTVs will be installed.

Moon Beom-su, Director of the City’s Citizen Safety Office, said, “Disasters are unpredictable and cause great damage and ripple effects once they occur, but since they are not felt in daily life, people may become complacent. We will do our best to protect the safety and lives of citizens through thorough preventive measures and systematic preparation.”

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