Operation of Gwanak-gu Disaster Safety Situation Room Commences

Gwanak-gu Launches Disaster Safety Situation Room, Fully Committed to Disaster Prevention and Response Including Wind and Flood Damage

Opened on the 15th, Establishes Integrated Disaster Response System to Serve as a 24-Hour Disaster Control Tower

New Disaster Response Personnel Assigned, ‘Disaster Field Response Team’ to be Established in the Second Half of the Year

Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) has strengthened its disaster safety system and established a ‘Gwanak-gu Disaster Safety Situation Room’ to ensure a 24-hour emergency response system throughout the year, beginning operations on the 15th.

Previously, disaster and safety situations were managed through the district office duty room or the CCTV control center, but now a separate space has been created for the Gwanak-gu Disaster Safety Situation Room to enhance its function as a disaster control tower.

The situation room is equipped with ▲large multi-screens ▲CCTV control ▲video conferencing ▲national disaster safety system ▲disaster safety communication network, establishing an integrated disaster response system for real-time monitoring and rapid response to disaster situations.

In particular, functions of the disaster safety countermeasures headquarters, which were previously operated separately by each department within the district office?such as flood warning systems, rainwater pump stations, detention basin control, and snow removal measures?have been efficiently and systematically integrated and transferred to the Disaster Safety Situation Room.

Additionally, new disaster response personnel have been assigned to maintain 24-hour monitoring, sharing disaster situations promptly with the police, fire stations, and others to initiate initial responses. In the second half of the year, a ‘Disaster Field Response Team’ will also be established to focus on disaster prevention and response.

At the opening ceremony of the Gwanak-gu Disaster Safety Situation Room held on the 15th, the chiefs of Gwanak Police Station and Gwanak Fire Station attended, further solidifying the joint disaster response cooperation system, and a disaster site supplies handover ceremony for rapid disaster response was also held.

Meanwhile, the district will operate the Gwanak-gu Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters centered on the Disaster Safety Situation Room until October 15 to prevent flood damage caused by concentrated summer rains and typhoons.

The Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters will comprehensively respond to disaster prevention and response together with crisis management-related departments and affiliated agencies, especially implementing customized disaster prevention measures considering the district’s geographical characteristics such as low-lying areas and Dorimcheon (Byeolbitneurincheon) stream.

Park Jun-hee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, stated, “We will devote all our efforts to disaster prevention and response, including wind and flood damage, with the newly integrated and operated Gwanak-gu Disaster Safety Situation Room as the focal point,” adding, “We will continue to prioritize the safety of residents and do our best to create a ‘Safe City Gwanak.’”

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