Guro-gu Establishes IoT-Based 'Facility Safety Management System'

Installation of 600 Detection Sensors on Aging Public and Private Facilities Including Schools, Overpasses, and Buildings... Analyzing and Responding to Tilt, Separation, Vibration, Temperature, and Humidity Data from Attached Sensors

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Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) has established an IoT (Internet of Things)-based facility safety management system to manage the safety of aging hazardous facilities.

The ‘Facility Safety Management System’ attaches IoT sensors to facilities to transmit data such as tilt, separation, vibration, temperature, and humidity to Guro-gu’s IoT private communication network (LoRaWAN), enabling real-time remote monitoring of facility conditions.

Guro-gu installed 600 IoT sensors on a total of 139 safety management target facilities. Public facilities include 77 locations such as overpasses, retaining walls, elementary, middle, and high schools, daycare centers, rainwater pumping stations, and community centers, with 265 sensors installed. Private facilities include 62 locations such as aging buildings, with 335 sensors attached.

The data accumulated from the attached sensors is integrated into a big data and monitoring system for hazardous facilities, serving as basic data for future advancement and stabilization of the facility safety management system, as well as urban safety management data.

Additionally, facility status information can be linked and shared with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (GIS-based integrated situation management system), Seoul City (urban data management system), and others.

A customized on-site inspection app was also developed for managers of each facility. If the facility data safety rating falls below a set value or abnormal signs are detected, the app allows real-time input of on-site inspection results and photo registration.

The app also enables checking of facility-specific data safety ratings, information inquiry, and history management.

Guro-gu installed about 100 sensors at 21 locations in the region as a pilot project in 2018. This project received high evaluations and was selected as a leading project for the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s special disaster safety grant in May 2019, securing 1.5 billion KRW in national funds.

Based on this, by the end of December last year, a total of about 1.7 billion KRW, including 1.5 billion KRW in national funds and about 200 million KRW in district funds, was invested to complete the facility safety management system.

A Guro-gu official stated, “With 600 sensors, detailed management of aging buildings has become possible,” adding, “We will do our best to create a safe city Guro where residents can live with peace of mind by utilizing IoT technology.”

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