Gwangju City to Conduct Outdoor Facility Safety Inspections Starting from the 24th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 21st that it will conduct the 2021 Gwangju Safety Inspection for one month starting from the 24th, targeting facilities with high public usage but difficult hygiene and quarantine management, such as transportation facilities, citizen convenience facilities, and multi-use facilities.

Since 2018, Gwangju has been conducting annual safety inspections on outdoor facilities by setting specific themes each year.

This year's safety inspection will carry out hygiene and quarantine activities and promote compliance with quarantine rules, considering the ongoing COVID-19 situation since last year, while simultaneously conducting safety hazard inspections.

In particular, considering the COVID-19 response situation of autonomous districts, a cooperative system will be maintained at a level that minimizes the burden on the districts, and the Safety Monitor Volunteer Corps Gwangju City Federation will participate voluntarily to lead the initiative as a private organization.

The target facilities were selected with recommendations from autonomous districts, including 827 transportation facilities such as bus stops, 280 citizen convenience facilities such as neighborhood parks and children's playgrounds, and a total of 1,227 places including unmanned facilities such as unmanned laundromats.

Gwangju plans to organize a hygiene and quarantine team within the Safety Monitor Volunteer Corps to carry out hygiene and quarantine activities, switching from the existing spray disinfection to a disinfection method that wipes surfaces frequently touched by citizens with disinfectant.

Safety inspections of vulnerable facilities will focus on quarantine-managed facilities, checking safety hazard factors in daily life from the citizens' perspective and discovering areas for system improvement.

The main inspection items include ▲ proper operation of bus arrival information terminals (BIT) and condition of seats at bus stops ▲ withered or damaged trees and proper operation and hazards of exercise equipment in neighborhood parks ▲ tightening and bending of playground equipment and hazardous materials in children's playgrounds ▲ and inspection of other facilities directly related to safety accidents.

Additionally, to raise citizens' awareness of quarantine, promotional activities such as posting posters guiding compliance with the five personal quarantine rules and basic quarantine rules will be carried out.

Yoon Geon-yeol, Director of the Social Disaster Division of the city, said, “Active cooperation from citizens is essential to block the spread of COVID-19 cluster infections and eliminate safety hazards,” and added, “Please strictly follow quarantine rules until herd immunity is achieved and actively participate in safety reporting of safety hazards in daily life.”

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