Yeongdeungpo-gu Provides 'Sandbag Box Locations' Using Building Number Plate QR Codes

Seoul's First Building Number Plate QR Code Utilized to Provide Disaster and Safety Facility Location Information

QR Code Service Launched in Daerim-dong Area from April This Year... Locations of Sandbag Boxes and Temporary Housing Facilities Available

Service Provided via District Office Website Since March... Minimizing Resident Damage and Enhancing Rapid Response

Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that starting from April this year, it will implement Seoul's first "Disaster and Safety Facility Location Information Service" using QR codes on building number plates.

Last August, the district suffered severe damage due to record-breaking heavy rainfall, with 5,273 houses and 864 factories and stores flooded, leading to the declaration of a special disaster zone.

In response, the district is establishing a resident-centered service that easily and conveniently provides location information of disaster and safety facilities, including 53 sandbag box sites and 76 temporary housing facilities, to prevent disasters like heavy rain and enable rapid response.

The district is the first in Seoul to insert QR codes into building number plates attached to buildings, providing visualized information on the locations of disaster and safety facilities.

Choi Ho-gwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo District, and residents are scanning QR code license plates.

By scanning the QR code on the building number plate anywhere and clicking the ‘Disaster and Safety Facilities’ menu, residents can check the nearest locations of ▲sandbag boxes including quantity and contact information of the person in charge ▲temporary housing facilities for disaster victims including location, facility name, capacity area, number of occupants, and contact information of the person in charge.

From April, the district will invest about 40 million KRW to promote the ‘QR Code Building Number Plate Replacement Project’ in the Daerim-dong area, which suffered heavy flood damage last year. This involves replacing old building number plates, and no additional budget is required for inserting QR codes. Starting with Daerim 2-dong, the location information service will be implemented, followed by Daerim 1-dong and Daerim 3-dong sequentially, aiming to complete the service setup in the Daerim-dong area by December.

Additionally, in March, the district established the ‘Disaster and Safety Facility Location Information Service’ on the district office website. Anyone can access the district office website, click ‘Information by Category → Disaster & Safety → Disaster & Safety Facilities,’ and identify the locations of sandbag boxes and temporary housing facilities nearest to them on an electronic map.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “The service was established following a resident’s heartbreaking story about being unable to find sandbags during last year’s heavy rain, which prevented damage mitigation. Through Seoul’s first QR code-based ‘Disaster and Safety Facility Location Information Service,’ we will minimize resident damage and inconvenience and do our best to continuously expand the service to enable rapid response in crisis situations.”

Geumcheon-gu Strengthens Safety Inspections of Outdoor Advertisements

Geumcheon-gu Signs Business Agreement with the Geumcheon Branch of the Seoul Outdoor Advertising Association -

Business Agreement Signed with the Geumcheon Branch of the Seoul Outdoor Advertising Association

Safety Inspection Targets Expanded to All Outdoor Advertisements on Major Roads with Road Widths of 20m or More

Establishing Rapid Response System through Public-Private Cooperation during Emergencies such as Typhoons and Heavy Rain

Geumcheon-gu (District Mayor Yoo Seong-hoon) is strengthening safety management of outdoor advertisements and related posting facilities by establishing a rapid response system through public-private cooperation.

On the 14th, Geumcheon-gu signed a business agreement with the Geumcheon Branch of the Seoul Outdoor Advertising Association (hereafter Geumcheon Branch). Through this agreement, the scope of safety inspections will be expanded, and the timing and methods of inspections will be adjusted to prevent safety accidents caused by typhoons, strong winds, and other factors.

First, the inspection target has been expanded from ‘legal advertisements’ (about 200) to ‘all advertisements along major roads with road widths of 20 meters or more,’ including illegal advertisements.

The inspection schedule has been adjusted from four times a year (February, March, August, October) to intensive inspections from April to June and occasional inspections from July to September, aiming to complete safety measures for advertisements before July, when typhoons start to occur intensively.

The Geumcheon Branch will be responsible for the first inspection conducted in April and May. Additionally, from July to September, 24 hours before a typhoon approaches, the branch will jointly patrol major roads in Geumcheon-gu with the district office and immediately remove hazardous advertisements such as banners.

Yoo Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “Through this public-private agreement, we will do our best to protect residents’ safety and property rights by actively conducting inspections to prepare for disaster and safety accidents caused by outdoor advertisements.”

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