Yeosu Coast Guard Holds Regional Coastal Accident Prevention Council Meeting

Sharing Safety Accident Status and Establishing Recurrence Prevention Measures for Coastal Area Accident Prevention

[Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon] Jeonnam Yeosu Coast Guard Station (Chief Park Je-su) announced, "We have formed a consultative body to prevent accidents in coastal waters and recently held a Regional Coastal Accident Prevention Council on the 31st to share recent coastal safety accidents and prevent recurrence."

According to Yeosu Coast Guard, at around 2 p.m. that day, the Regional Coastal Accident Prevention Council was held in the large conference room on the 3rd floor of the police station, attended by 23 internal and external members including Park Je-su, the chairman of the council and chief of Yeosu Coast Guard Station.

At the Regional Coastal Accident Prevention Council, explanations on the main contents and policies of the "Act on the Prevention of Coastal Accidents," recent coastal safety accident status (cases), recurrence prevention measures, and inter-agency work consultations to strengthen cooperation for coastal accident prevention were conducted.

It was found that 67% of last year's coastal accidents were caused by carelessness, resulting in the highest number of fatalities.

The Coast Guard plans to strengthen safety management focusing on the three major high-risk coastal accidents with high frequency and fatality risk (haerujil, marine vehicle falls, fishing slips) and promote a marine safety culture campaign.

A Yeosu Coast Guard official said, "We are expanding the operation of coastal safety keepers composed of local residents familiar with local conditions to prevent coastal accidents," adding, "We will establish an efficient prevention system through public-private cooperation."

Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon hss79@asiae.co.kr

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