The Top Local Government Nationwide for Natural Disaster Response is 'Anseong-si'

Selected as the Best Institution in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety Evaluation... Secured 550 Million KRW in Grants
Gyeonggi-do Housing Administration Evaluation Also 'Best' for 3 Consecutive Years

On the 15th, Anseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced that it was selected as the best institution nationwide in this year's 'Comprehensive Evaluation of Natural Disasters (Wind and Flood Damage)' conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. With this selection, Anseong City secured a special disaster safety grant of 550 million KRW.

This evaluation was conducted on 226 cities, counties, and districts nationwide, with a weighting of 50% for pre-disaster preparation documents and 50% for response capability during the disaster countermeasure period.

During the heavy rain this summer, Kim Bora, Mayor of Anseong (right), conducted an on-site inspection with related officials around the Anseongcheon area to prevent flood damage.
[Photo by Anseong City]

The city was selected as the best institution due to its highly rated ability to respond to disaster situations during the summer season.

Previously, during the pre-preparation period for concentrated summer heavy rains, Mayor Kim Bora presided over a meeting with related departments, police, fire services, military units, and local autonomous disaster prevention groups to inspect pre-disaster measures. Through joint evacuation drills for extreme rainfall damage, the city strengthened its response capabilities for the rainy season. Additionally, the city expanded village broadcasting facilities and flood detection alarm devices to prepare for flooding in low-lying areas, and proactively responded to disasters by installing a rapid alert system in the riverside parking lot, a habitual flooding area during heavy rains.

During this summer's disaster countermeasure period, a total of 978 people were on emergency duty in Anseong City. The city promoted resident action guidelines for natural disasters such as typhoons and heavy rains by utilizing automatic voice alert facilities (81 locations) and village broadcasts (covering 309 villages and 14,528 households).

Meanwhile, Anseong City also won the top award for three consecutive years since the establishment of the Housing Division in 2021 in this year's excellent housing administration evaluation conducted by Gyeonggi Province targeting 31 cities and counties.

The excellent housing administration evaluation awards cities and counties based on their overall performance in housing administration to improve the quality of housing administrative services.

Anseong City received high scores by promoting services such as consulting on contract costs for multi-family housing, operating a housing welfare center, the Anseong Matchum Youth Housing project, operating a multi-family housing quality inspection team, and providing electricity subsidies for security lights in multi-family housing complexes.

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