Haenam-gun Strengthens Safety Management for Haenam Minam Festival

Repeated Joint Safety Inspection Meetings with Related Agencies, On-site Inspection at Festival Venue on the 10th

[Haenam=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Jeonnam Haenam-gun announced on the 3rd that it will postpone the Haenam Minam Festival by one week in connection with the casualty accident in Itaewon, Seoul, and will prioritize holding a safe festival by significantly strengthening safety management at the festival site.

The county plans to hold the Haenam-gun Safety Management Committee on the 4th to review the regional festival safety management plan, checking comprehensive safety measures and action plans in case of emergencies.

At the Safety Management Committee, attended by related organizations such as Haenam-gun, the police station, fire station, and education support office, they will prepare for unexpected accidents that may occur when spectators gather all at once, as in the Itaewon accident, and carefully review response plans including spectator flow at entrances and exits and installation of safety guidelines around the stage.

In particular, before the Safety Management Committee, the county held the Safety Policy Working Coordination Committee on the 3rd, and plans to conduct joint on-site inspections with the county, Jeonnam Province, and related organizations on the 10th, repeatedly conducting double and triple safety management inspections.

The target for regional festival safety management review is regional festivals expected to have a maximum number of spectators of 1,000 or more at any moment during the festival period (number of spectators within one hour inside the festival site).

In this regard, County Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan instructed once again at the regular staff meeting on the 1st to prepare measures to strengthen safety management of regional events such as festivals and to conduct safety accident prevention inspections in accordance with the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act.

Myeong Hyun-gwan, Governor of Haenam-gun, said, “During the national mourning period, I hope this will be an opportunity to establish public officials’ discipline and thoroughly manage their duties, as well as to re-examine the local safety management system,” adding, “We will prepare so that the postponed Haenam Minam Festival can be a model of a safe festival, and I hope safety management of projects implemented by the county, such as public work, senior citizen jobs, and grass cutting projects, will be rechecked.”

Meanwhile, the Haenam Minam Festival will be held for three days from the 11th to the 13th at the Duryunsan Provincial Park area.

Haenam=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun alwatros@asiae.co.kr

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