Pohang City Prepares for Winter Heavy Snow and Disasters... Proactive Measures for Citizen Safety!

Heavy Snow and Road Freezing, Minimizing Citizen Inconvenience, Snow Removal Equipment Inspection Conducted

Additional Calcium Chloride Secured and Pre-Analysis of Vulnerable Areas, Administrative Efforts Concentrated

Pohang City inspected its winter disaster management system, including snow removal, to prevent damage and inconvenience caused by heavy snowfall, snow accumulation, and road icing.

The city prioritized checking the disaster response system by strengthening cooperation with the Korea Meteorological Administration to closely monitor and analyze winter weather changes, and by pre-positioning equipment and personnel.

Last winter, the city minimized snow damage and citizen inconvenience by proactively spreading calcium chloride and pre-deploying snow removal equipment in high-risk areas whenever heavy snowfall was forecasted.

This year as well, on-site inspections were conducted extensively on snow removal equipment such as calcium chloride spreaders, snow shovel blades, and trucks. The city checked for defects in about 190 snow removal machines available even in eup, myeon, and dong areas, and proceeded with repairs and replacements as needed.

In addition, the city plans to treat corroded calcium chloride and stockpile about 280 tons near high-risk areas to ensure immediate snow removal operations can be carried out.

Furthermore, a dedicated management system will be implemented for areas that threaten citizen safety and cause inconvenience due to heavy snowfall, snow accumulation, and road icing. This will strengthen surveillance and pre-inspections, and establish a system to quickly deploy personnel and equipment in case of disaster situations.

When heavy snowfall is forecasted, rapid snow removal will be conducted at 26 major vulnerable locations such as mountain passes, main roads, bus routes, and industrial complex roads within major industrial complexes like POSCO and steel industry complexes, aiming to prevent safety accidents and minimize traffic inconvenience for citizens.

The city reorganized autonomous snow removal teams by village to confirm their assigned snow removal zones, check the operational status of snow removal machines, and familiarize members with operating procedures. A comprehensive survey will be conducted on relatively vulnerable pedestrian areas such as side roads and village alleys, with prompt snow removal to minimize citizen inconvenience.

Alongside this, the city will actively promote winter disaster response guidelines and pre-inspection items to citizens, with strengthened publicity especially aimed at preventing damage to farms such as vinyl greenhouses.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, “We will monitor weather changes 24 hours a day, spread calcium chloride before snow falls, and swiftly deploy snow removal equipment to eliminate citizen inconvenience. We will focus administrative efforts to ensure there is no negligence in safely protecting citizens’ lives and property.”

Pohang City is conducting pre-inspections of snow removal equipment in preparation for heavy snowfall ahead of the winter season.

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