Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo District, Visits Heat Relief Shelter to Care for Elderly Health

Mapo-gu Forms Emergency Heatwave Countermeasures Headquarters on the 5th and 6th... Proactive Response to Heatwave

On the 5th, Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo District, visited a heat relief shelter and urged the elderly to take care of their health.

Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Gang-su) has formed a heatwave countermeasures headquarters for two consecutive days in response to the continuous heatwave warnings over the weekend, launching an emergency response to the heatwave.

On the 6th, following the 5th, Mayor Park Gang-su of Mapo-gu, the Deputy Mayor who serves as the head of the heatwave countermeasures headquarters, along with department heads from the Situation Management Team, Welfare Measures Team, and Facility Management Team, gathered in the large conference room of the district office to check for any heatwave damage in the area and confirm key management targets, focusing on reviewing the response status of each countermeasure team.

After receiving reports from each team, Mayor Park stated, “As extreme heatwaves are expected to occur every year from now on, a proactive and aggressive approach to heatwave countermeasures is necessary. Effectively operate water spraying trucks mainly on residential backstreets and mixed pedestrian-vehicle roads, and expand cooling cost support for senior centers so that heat-vulnerable residents can use them freely,” he urged.

Following this, Mayor Park visited the Ssamsi Senior Center, which is being used as a cooling shelter, to check on the elderly cooling off in comfortable facilities and to inspect the facility status.

In particular, the district plans to immediately listen to suggestions regarding the expansion of water facilities for the elderly on site and conduct departmental reviews on the matter.

The district operates a total of 178 cooling shelters to minimize heatwave damage, and over the past two days, it has checked on the wellbeing of 1,815 elderly living alone and also conducted patrols to protect homeless people.

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