Yongsan-gu to Operate Additional Emergency Shelters and Rest Areas During Lunar New Year Cold Wave

Seventeen Additional Cold Wave Emergency Shelters and Rest Areas Designated

As a severe cold wave is expected during the Lunar New Year holiday, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) announced on the 26th that it will designate and operate one additional cold wave emergency shelter and 16 additional cold wave rest areas. This brings the total number of cold wave emergency shelters in the district to 2 and cold wave rest areas to 33.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan District, is inspecting the cold wave windbreaker. Provided by Yongsan District.

The cold wave emergency shelter includes the additional designation of the Yongsan District Office, which can be used by anyone 24 hours a day when a cold wave advisory is issued. During non-working hours such as weekday nights or holidays, the nursing room will be used as a cold wave emergency shelter. Those who wish to use it can visit the duty office for guidance.

Even when a cold wave advisory is not in effect, 16 community service centers have been newly designated as cold wave rest areas from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. This decision was made to select locations with good accessibility for residents.

The previously designated New World Hotel (21-13 Hangang-daero 84-gil) cold wave emergency shelter, one senior center per neighborhood totaling 16, and a total of 17 cold wave rest areas including New World Hotel will continue to operate. Priority at New World Hotel is given to vulnerable residential groups. Users can obtain a verification certificate from the community service center or the District Office’s Senior Welfare Division to use the facilities.

Meanwhile, the district has installed and is operating 21 cold wave windbreaks at bus stops, 135 heated chairs at bus stops, and 6 Yongsan-type smart shelters at bus stops as life-oriented cold wave mitigation facilities to help residents avoid the cold even briefly.

District Mayor Park Hee-young said, “We have expanded the operation of cold wave emergency shelters and rest areas so that all residents can spend a warm and safe winter,” and added, “We will do our best to minimize cold wave damage and other inconveniences during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.”

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