Gyeonggi-do Rolls Up Sleeves for Wildfire Prevention... City and County Wildfire Situation Rooms and Equipment Under Comprehensive Inspection

Wildfire Suppression Equipment Inspection

Gyeonggi Province has rolled up its sleeves to prevent autumn wildfires.

On the 22nd, Gyeonggi Province announced that from the 21st of this month to the 13th of next month, it will conduct an emergency inspection of the wildfire situation rooms and firefighting equipment in 31 cities and counties.

The inspection items include ▲establishment of wildfire prevention measures and operation status of wildfire situation rooms ▲operation status of wildfire monitoring and firefighting personnel ▲management status of wildfire firefighting equipment ▲management measures for wildfire-prone areas and resident evacuation plans ▲cooperation systems with related organizations.

Gyeonggi Province plans to designate the period from November 1 to December 15 as the autumn wildfire prevention period and operate a wildfire prevention headquarters to prevent wildfires during the autumn season.

During this year's spring wildfire caution period (February 1 to May 15), Gyeonggi Province experienced 89 wildfires, a 29% decrease compared to 125 cases the previous year.

Lee Tae-seon, head of the Forest and Greenery Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "For rapid initial suppression of wildfires, it is very important that various equipment such as wildfire firefighting vehicles and wildfire mechanization systems operate normally," adding, "Since dry weather is expected to continue this autumn as well, we will prevent wildfires through thorough prior preparation."

Gyeonggi Province will hold a Korea-France joint firefighting drill and a wildfire firefighting competition in November to improve the command capabilities of wildfire firefighting agencies, related organizations, and cities and counties.

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