Hongseong County, All Staff on Emergency Duty for Wildfire Monitoring Around Cheongmyeong and Hansik

Publicity, Monitoring, and Enforcement Activities on April 5 and 6

Hongseong County Office

Hongseong County in Chungnam announced on the 31st that, in order to thoroughly prevent wildfires during the high-risk period around Cheongmyeong and Hansik, all county employees will be mobilized for emergency wildfire monitoring duty over two days from April 5 to 6.

This emergency duty is a special measure to protect the safety of residents and forests during the period when wildfire risk increases. Staff from county departments, affiliated offices, and towns will patrol forest-adjacent areas in their assigned regions, conducting wildfire prevention campaigns as well as monitoring, guidance, and enforcement activities.

The county stated that any violations discovered during the emergency duty period will be strictly punished in accordance with relevant laws.

Major enforcement actions include imposing fines of up to 500,000 KRW for lighting fires within 100 meters of forest areas. In cases where another person's forest is burned due to negligence, or if burning one's own forest endangers the public, offenders may face up to three years in prison or fines of up to 30 million KRW.

County Governor Lee Yongrok emphasized, "The heartbreaking large-scale wildfire that occurred around this time in 2023 must never happen again in our county," and added, "Since wildfires can cause significant damage in an instant due to carelessness, every resident must pay attention and actively participate in prevention efforts."

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