Busan City Selected as 'Best Local Government' for Summer Typhoon and Heavy Rain Response ... Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 'Summer Typhoon and Heavy Rain Preparedness and Countermeasure Implementation Evaluation'

Mayor Park Hyung-jun, "We Will Do Our Best in Cooperation with Related Agencies for Citizen Safety"

Activation of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters during special reports. (Situation response, city situation assessment, and countermeasure meetings, etc.)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City has been selected as the 'Best' local government in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's '2022 Summer Typhoon and Heavy Rain Preemptive Preparedness and Countermeasure Implementation Evaluation' and will receive 500 million KRW in disaster safety special grant funds as prize money.

This evaluation was conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to inspect the response status of local governments nationwide during this year's 'Summer Typhoon and Heavy Rain Preemptive Preparedness and Countermeasure Implementation' period (March 15 to October 15) and comprehensively assess their performance. Busan City earned the honor of being selected as the 'Best' local government in this evaluation.

The city explained that this achievement is the result of diligent efforts in preemptive preparedness and countermeasure implementation for summer typhoons and heavy rain, and continuous attention from Mayor Park Hyung-jun to realize a 'Safe City Busan.'

In preparation for this summer's typhoons and heavy rain, the city carried out thorough and meticulous preemptive measures including ▲strengthening disaster response systems ▲maintenance and revision of flood and wind disaster manuals ▲installation of automated disaster response systems (along riversides and embankment parking lots) ▲reorganization of disaster-prone areas.

In response to Typhoon No. 11 'Hinnamnor,' which made landfall in Busan, and the subsequent influence of 'Nangmadol,' the city implemented proactive measures such as ▲opening school playgrounds for vehicle evacuation ▲preemptive evacuation of residents ▲control of disaster-prone areas like Marine City ▲operation of group communication channels, achieving 'zero' human casualties.

Major Damage and Response Cases in Busan City.

In particular, the use of school playgrounds as parking lots for vehicle evacuation in cooperation with the Office of Education was selected as a nationwide best practice and introduced.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun of Busan said, “Busan being selected as the best local government was possible because citizens united as one to actively participate and cooperate in natural disaster prevention. I sincerely thank all the citizens.” He added, “There is no better measure than 'prevention' for disaster prevention, so we will continue to do our best to prevent human casualties and minimize property damage by cooperating with related organizations such as the police and fire departments for the safety of our citizens.”

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