Boseong-gun Wins 'Jeonnam Province Dasan Safety Award' for 3 Consecutive Years

Reaffirming the Reputation of Model Local Governments in Disaster Management, Securing 100 Million KRW in Project Funds

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 24th that it has won the ‘3rd Dasan Safety Award’ hosted by Jeollanam-do for three consecutive years.

The county established an organic cooperation system between the public, private, and related organizations to focus on proactive and systematic COVID-19 response, and its efforts in safety administration, including the county-wide safety culture campaign to raise safety awareness among all residents and disaster risk area maintenance projects, were highly evaluated.

This evaluation was conducted targeting 22 local governments, public institutions, private organizations, and companies in the province. The local government review comprehensively assessed the achievements and performance of three evaluations last year: ▲disaster management evaluation, ▲safety culture campaign evaluation, and ▶disaster prevention project evaluation by the Jeollanam-do review committee.

Kim Cheol-woo, Mayor of Boseong-gun, said, “This award is an achievement made by all our residents, private and social organizations, related institutions, and public officials during the difficult times of COVID-19,” and added, “We will continue to take the lead in responsible disaster response and strengthening safety infrastructure projects so that residents can live safe lives.”

The ‘Dasan Safety Award’ is a safety evaluation introduced by Jeollanam-do, created to realize ‘Safe Jeonnam’ by actively practicing the benevolent spirit of disaster management?prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery?emphasized by Dasan Jeong Yak-yong in Mokminsimseo by various institutions and organizations in the province.

The county plans to use the prize money of 100 million KRW secured through winning the Dasan Safety Award for promoting safety culture campaigns that can permeate the daily lives of local residents and expanding safety infrastructure projects.

Meanwhile, since the launch of the 7th local government, as a result of field administration prioritizing residents’ safety, the county secured 1.23 billion KRW in prize money from 14 evaluations conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Jeollanam-do, including ▲Grand Prize in Safety Culture, ▲Excellence in Disaster Management Evaluation, ▲Dasan Safety Award, ▲Excellence in Safety Korea Training Evaluation, ▲Excellence in Disaster Risk Area Maintenance Project Evaluation, ▲Grand Prize in Safety Culture Campaign Evaluation, and ▲Excellence in Road Maintenance Evaluation.

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