Urgent Assessment Completed for Ulju Wildfire Damage Area... "Selective Response for Emergency and Permanent Restoration"

An emergency assessment to prevent secondary damage such as landslides in the wildfire-affected areas of Ulju-gun, Ulsan, has been completed.

An emergency assessment team is conducting on-site investigations to prevent secondary damage such as landslides in areas affected by large wildfires. Photo by Korea Forest Service

The Korea Forest Service announced on the 3rd that on the 28th of last month, it dispatched an ‘Emergency Assessment Team for Wildfire-Affected Areas’ to the wildfire-affected areas in Ulju and completed an emergency assessment of areas at risk of landslides.

The emergency assessment was conducted to evaluate the risk of secondary damage in 119 zones, including 41 residential zones within the wildfire-affected areas. As a result, 8 zones were classified as requiring emergency restoration and restoration within this year, and 12 zones were classified as requiring permanent restoration.

The Korea Forest Service will share the assessment results with local governments to be used for detailed damage investigations and the establishment of restoration plans.

Additionally, according to the restoration priority, emergency restoration will be completed by June, and permanent restoration will be carried out sequentially by next year.

Following Ulju, the Korea Forest Service will intensively deploy emergency assessment teams to wildfire-affected areas in the Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam regions to accelerate the investigation process. A total of 29 teams (58 members) will be organized for these regions. The emergency assessment will be conducted focusing on 4,166 zones in residential areas densely populated with houses and public facilities, utilizing advanced technologies such as satellite imagery.

Im Sang-seop, Administrator of the Korea Forest Service, said, “Wildfire-affected areas are at high risk of landslides during heavy rains, so thorough preparation is necessary. The Korea Forest Service will do its best to proactively identify high-risk areas and promote landslide prevention projects to protect the lives and property of the public.”

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