Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo District, Emphasizes Resident Safety Amid Ongoing Heatwave

Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Gang-su) held a Heatwave Countermeasures Headquarters meeting on the morning of the 1st at the Disaster Safety Situation Room to prepare for the ongoing heatwave.

The meeting was attended by Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, the Deputy Mayor who serves as the Head of the Heatwave Countermeasures Headquarters, and department heads from the Situation Management Team, Welfare Countermeasures Team, and Facility Management Team. They confirmed the presence or absence of heatwave damage in the area and key management targets, and thoroughly checked the progress and response status of each countermeasure team.

In particular, on this day, Mayor Park Gang-su of Mapo-gu instructed focused watering of alleyways and around elementary schools, as well as frequent inspections of senior citizen centers and rest areas, repeatedly emphasizing minimizing heatwave damage and ensuring the safety of residents.

Along with this, he urged maintaining an emergency contact system for urgent situations and actively promoting guidelines for residents' actions.

Mayor Park Gang-su of Mapo-gu stated, “As the rainy season has effectively ended and the heatwave is expected to continue, proactive measures are necessary,” adding, “I hope that full efforts will be made to protect vulnerable groups to heatwaves such as the elderly, disabled, and children.”

Mapo-gu is carrying out various activities to protect residents from the heatwave, including providing bottled water to mobile workers and supporting cooling costs for vulnerable groups. Additionally, watering equipment has been installed on Saemaeul disinfection vehicles to frequently lower road temperatures.

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