Kim Hae-cheol, Chief of Mokpo Coast Guard, Ensures Thorough Prevention of Safety Gaps at Closed Beaches

Proactive Coastal Accident Prevention Including Enhanced Patrols After Closure

Kim Hae-cheol, Chief of the Mokpo Maritime Police Station, has launched an on-site inspection to prevent safety management gaps at local beaches and proactively prevent coastal accidents following the closure of the beaches and the withdrawal of safety personnel from related organizations such as local governments.

Kim Hae-cheol, Chief of Mokpo Maritime Police Station, is managing safety near Oedaldo Beach in Mokpo City on the 30th.
[Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station]

According to the Mokpo Maritime Police on the 31st, Chief Kim visited Oedaldo Beach in Mokpo City on the 30th, checking the safety status of lifesaving equipment and facilities, conducting on-site inspections to ensure that no safety management gaps occur even after the beach closure.

Chief Kim Hae-cheol urged the field department (police substation) personnel to "thoroughly prevent safety gaps such as dangerous situations for bathers caused by the withdrawal of safety personnel after the beach closure."

The Mokpo Maritime Police established the '2023 Beach Safety Management Support Plan' and conducted support activities to prevent safety accidents and ensure safe use during the opening period of 24 local beaches for 44 days from the 8th of last month to the 20th.

Meanwhile, the Maritime Police plans to maintain an emergency response posture for closed beaches and vulnerable areas, strengthen safety patrols of closed beaches and undesignated beaches, and control bathers during adverse weather conditions to manage coastal safety.

Additionally, by utilizing support forces such as private marine rescue teams and coastal safety keepers, they will maintain an emergency contact network for situation dissemination and initial response, and establish a close cooperation system by sharing safety management measures after beach closures by each local government.

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