Suncheon-si Implements Comprehensive Safety Measures for Summer Disaster Preparedness

Proactive Prevention Measures Including Preliminary Inspections of Vulnerable Areas and 24-Hour Situation Management

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 1st that it will implement a comprehensive disaster response plan to prepare for natural disasters and safety accidents caused by heavy rains, typhoons, and heatwaves that frequently occur during the summer season.

For proactive disaster response, the city maintains continuous monitoring of weather information and a 24-hour situation management system. When a weather advisory is issued, the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, composed of 13 collaborative functional units, will be activated and emergency duty will commence.

To prevent disasters, before the rainy season begins, a thorough inspection will be conducted on 12 vulnerable areas prone to flooding, steep slope collapse risk zones, campsites, and other locations where human casualties are a concern, as well as 588 disaster-prone sites including reservoirs, rivers, roads, and bridges.

Pre-inspections will be carried out on the operational status of four drainage pump stations and four stormwater retention facilities. Additionally, construction sites will be checked for the designation of site managers and the establishment and implementation of safety management plans, including securing flood control materials.

Moreover, a heatwave response T/F team will be formed, and 2,157 disaster helpers will be mobilized to protect heat-vulnerable groups. The city will expand and operate heatwave damage reduction facilities such as 715 cooling shelters, 5 cooling fog installations, 63 shade tents, and 47 air curtains at city bus stops.

At 11 designated water play management areas such as valleys, safety management personnel will be assigned, and additional safety equipment and supplies will be procured to actively prevent water play safety accidents.

In particular, the autonomous disaster prevention group composed of community leaders and neighborhood heads will be significantly expanded from the existing 398 members to 850 members. They will be actively utilized as ‘Our Neighborhood Safety Guardians’ to care for relatively vulnerable disaster groups such as low-income and elderly households and to conduct on-site inspections in vulnerable areas, ensuring no safety blind spots.

A city official stated, “We plan to fully respond to summer disaster situations to minimize property damage and prevent casualties caused by localized heavy rains, typhoons, and heatwaves.” He added, “We ask residents to actively subscribe to and utilize policy insurance such as flood insurance and crop disaster insurance, which support property damage.”

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