Gwangju Buk-gu, Comprehensive Measures to Prepare for Summer Heatwaves 추진

On the 31st, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it will implement a 'Comprehensive Heatwave Countermeasure' to minimize damage caused by the summer heat.

Accordingly, Buk-gu will promote 11 key tasks under four major strategies: ▲ Establishing a heatwave response system ▲ Resident-centered heatwave measures ▲ Operation and management of heatwave reduction facilities ▲ Heatwave prevention publicity.

First, to respond quickly and systematically to heatwaves, a joint T/F team composed of three divisions?Situation Management Team, Health Management Support Team, and Agriculture and Livestock Support Team?will be operated, and the disaster site action manual will be reorganized.

Community centers and administrative welfare centers equipped with cooling facilities within the district will be designated and operated as heatwave shelters, and vulnerable groups will be intensively managed through welfare checks and on-site inspections.

In addition, a heat-related illness monitoring system will be activated to respond promptly to patient occurrences, and safety management for outdoor workers as well as measures for the agriculture and livestock sectors will be promoted.

In particular, when a heatwave warning is issued, water sprinklers will be operated on major roads to mitigate heat islands, and 136 heatwave reduction facilities such as shade shelters and cooling fog systems will be operated.

Furthermore, heatwave information will be rapidly disseminated through the disaster alert system, and active efforts will be made to prevent damage by utilizing various media such as neighborhood newsletters, apartment complex announcements, and SNS.

A Buk-gu official stated, "We will make every effort to ensure that residents do not suffer damage or inconvenience due to the heatwave."

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