Yangsan-si Implements Comprehensive Heatwave Response Measures ... Task Force Formed

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Yangsan City, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 14th that it has designated the period from this month until September 30 as the comprehensive heatwave response period and will implement countermeasures.

The city formed a joint T/F team, operating under the Safety General Division, in collaboration with related departments such as the Public Health Center and Social Welfare Division, organized into a Situation Management Team and a Health Management Support Team.

The T/F team plans to do its best to prevent heatwave damage by strengthening surveillance and management activities in vulnerable areas, operating visiting health care helpers to protect heatwave-vulnerable groups, managing 246 cooling shelters, managing and operating 46 shade structures, and promoting citizen action guidelines for heatwave preparedness.

In addition, for construction and industrial sites with high risk of damage due to outdoor work, the city recommends operating a heat rest time system from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and ensures worker safety through frequent workplace inspections and promotion of preventive safety rules.

A Yangsan City official urged, “Please pay special attention to personal health management by following the three major heat illness prevention rules of water, shade, and rest.”

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