Yeongsangang Basin Environmental Office Conducts 'Fine Dust Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Yeongsan River Basin Environmental Office (Director Ryu Yeon-gi) announced on the 16th that it conducted the 'Fine Dust Disaster Response Safety Korea Drill' together with related organizations such as the Gwangju Metropolitan City at the Yeosu Industrial Complex.

This drill was conducted according to the 'Fine Dust Crisis Management Standard Manual' and has been held annually since 2019, when fine dust was included as a social disaster, as a high-concentration fine dust emergency reduction measure response simulation drill.

This year, for the first time, it was included as a target for the 'Fine Dust Disaster Response Safety Korea Drill.'

The simulation drill was conducted on the 16th from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. through actual training and written exercises.

The drill consisted of ▲reducing operating hours of public workplaces (25?30% reduction) ▲restrictions on government-funded construction (limiting the use of old construction equipment) ▲restriction on operation of grade 5 vehicles and a two-day driving system for administrative and public institution vehicles ▲workplace inspections (non-face-to-face inspections using advanced equipment).

Written exercises included ▲power generation upper limit restrictions ▲disaster text message dispatch ▲restriction on official vehicle operation ▲road cleaning, etc.

The Yeongsan River Office used advanced monitoring equipment (drones, mobile measurement vehicles, etc.) to conduct special inspections of workplaces in fine dust vulnerable areas and on-site inspections of workplaces subject to emergency reduction measures.

Ryu Yeon-gi, Director of the Yeongsan River Basin Environmental Office, said, “If high-concentration fine dust overlaps with the difficult situations caused by COVID-19 and the urea solution shortage, the suffering of the people will intensify,” adding, “Through simulation drills, we will do our best to minimize public inconvenience by taking quick action when high-concentration fine dust occurs.”

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