Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Launches 'Heatwave Escape Project'

Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City is launching the 'Heatwave Escape Project.'

Starting from the 1st, Gwangsan-gu will install and operate ‘Ice Water Sharing Freezers’ at a total of 18 locations, including the Gwangsan-gu Office building and Dong Administrative Welfare Centers. Until the end of this month, each freezer will be stocked daily with 150 bottles of ice water, allowing citizens exhausted from the heat to freely take and drink them. However, only one bottle per person per day will be provided.

Additionally, to help anyone easily find and use the ice water sharing freezers and heatwave shelters, a ‘Ice Water Map’ containing the locations and information of heatwave prevention facilities has been created. The Ice Water Map will be distributed in the form of posters and leaflets at multi-use facilities. It can also be viewed on the district’s official website and official social networking services (SNS).

Gwangsan-gu will hold an ‘Ice Water Map Sharing Event’ from the 5th to the 11th to encourage many citizens to use the Ice Water Map. Participants upload promotional materials or promotional links of the Ice Water Map on their personal social media and verify their participation using the event QR code. Among the participants, 150 people will be selected by lottery to receive mobile gift certificates.

The district will also operate a ‘Heatwave Prevention Patrol Vehicle’ to prevent heat-related illnesses among elderly farmers in rural areas and outdoor construction workers. Between 12 PM and 5 PM, the hottest hours of the day, the patrol vehicle will visit rural and construction sites to provide guidance on heatwave prevention rules such as refraining from outdoor activities and check on the health of workers and farmers.

Water spraying trucks will be operated until September 30. The spraying trucks will be divided into three zones: ▲Zone 1 (Cheomdan, Sinchang) ▲Zone 2 (Suwan, Hanam, Singa) ▲Zone 3 (Dosan, Songjeong, Eoryong, Wolgok, Unnam), running twice a day (9 AM to 12 PM, 1 PM to 6 PM).

In cooperation with the Gwangsan-gu Safety Monitoring Volunteer Group and the Autonomous Crime Prevention Unit, campaigns for heat-related illness prevention and summer safety will also be conducted.

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