Yongin City to Intensively Manage 111 Locations at Risk of Natural Disasters, Including Semi-Basement Homes

Comprehensive Measures Inspection Meeting Held
to Prepare for Natural Disasters

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will launch intensive management for 111 locations identified as being at risk of summer natural disasters.

On April 18, Yongin City announced that it had held a "Comprehensive Measures Inspection Meeting for Summer Natural Disasters, Flood and Heatwave, and Lightning Preparedness" at the City Hall Disaster Safety Situation Room, presided over by Second Deputy Mayor Hwang Junki, to review response plans for each department.

On the 18th, participants are discussing measures at the "Comprehensive Measures Inspection Meeting for Summer Natural Disasters, Flood and Heatwave, and Lightning Preparedness" held at the Yongin City Hall Disaster Situation Room. Provided by Yongin City

The meeting was attended by disaster-related department heads, construction and road managers from district offices, and heads of towns, townships, and neighborhoods. Participants shared the progress of each department's initiatives and the results of on-site inspections, and discussed response strategies for summer natural disasters.

The city has designated the five-month period from May 15 to October 15 as the "Summer Natural Disaster Countermeasure Period" and will begin preparing measures to proactively respond to typhoons, heavy rain, heatwaves, and lightning.

During this period, the city will operate a 24-hour disaster safety situation room and plans to communicate real-time weather conditions to citizens through disaster forecasting and warning systems. Disaster monitoring activities using CCTV and drones will also be strengthened.

In particular, the city has designated a total of 111 locations, including vulnerable residential areas such as semi-basement homes, as intensive management targets and will reinforce a field-oriented safety management system to minimize casualties.

For major construction sites within the city, officials will encourage the early completion of key processes before the rainy season. In addition, preemptive inspections will be strengthened for private sector sites such as apartment construction locations and urban development project areas.

A city official stated, "We will enhance disaster response capabilities through public-private cooperation and make every effort to protect vulnerable groups and prevent heat-related incidents."

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