Muan-gun Implements Comprehensive Plan to Tackle Summer Heatwaves

Muan-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Muan-gun)

[Muan＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced on the 18th that it is implementing a comprehensive plan to respond to the summer heatwave in order to protect the lives and property of county residents from the scorching heat.

With the increase in heatwave days expected due to climate change and the rise in average summer temperatures, the county is operating a Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters and a Heatwave Response Planning Team to establish a comprehensive heatwave situation management and response system.

In addition, disaster helpers are being organized, including disaster relief officers from towns and townships, village chiefs, and local autonomous disaster prevention groups, to protect vulnerable groups from the heatwave and distribute heatwave response guidelines and booklets.

Currently, the county operates 366 cooling shelters at senior centers, village halls, and other locations, has designated 29 outdoor cooling shelters, and installed shade tents at 27 locations where heatwave damage is a concern to provide spaces to escape the heat.

Separately, to strengthen heatwave preparedness, in June, 16 smart shade tents that automatically open and close according to environmental factors such as temperature and wind strength will be installed in the Oryong district. The county also plans to actively carry out heatwave damage prevention activities such as operating road water sprinklers and distributing cooling supplies at cooling shelters.

Governor Kim San said, “As this summer’s temperatures are expected to be somewhat higher than usual, we will support the safe summer of county residents through thorough heatwave preparedness and active promotional activities.”

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