Yongin City to Operate Disaster Safety Situation Room 24 Hours a Day

Sharing Disaster Information at Initial Stages with Eup, Myeon, Dong, and All Areas

On the 31st, Yongin Special City in Gyeonggi announced that it has improved its disaster safety system for more efficient disaster response.

The city operates the Disaster Safety Situation Room 24 hours a day and centralizes the disaster situation management office to ensure rapid dissemination of disaster situations and initial response. The Disaster Safety Situation Room shares initial disaster information with higher authorities, various departments, eup/myeon/dong offices, and related agencies such as police and fire departments when a disaster occurs.

Mayor Sang-il Lee (right) and other officials from Yongin City inspected the condition of the river at the confluence of Gyeongancheon and Daedaecheon on the 23rd.
[Photo by Yongin City]

In particular, whereas previously only eup/myeon/dong heads and relevant department heads were informed only when major disaster situations occurred, from now on information will be shared from the initial stage to enable rapid initial response.

The criteria for emergency duty of public officials during disasters have also been clarified. Public officials must be on standby at emergency duty locations within one hour after various disaster alerts such as advisories and warnings are announced or take effect, according to individually prearranged emergency duty guidelines.

A city official stated, “We will operate the strengthened disaster safety system to respond quickly when disaster situations occur so that citizens can live safely.”

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