Chairman Geum Gwangyeon Urges Active Participation with Real-World Readiness

Hanam City Council Visits Eulji Exercise Situation Room
Chairman Geum Gwangyeon and Vice Chairman Jeong Byeongyong Inspect Emergency Preparedness and Encourage Officials

On August 19, the Hanam City Council (Chairman Geum Gwangyeon) visited the comprehensive exhibition situation room for the "2025 Eulji Exercise" to observe the situation of the exercise and encourage the officials involved.

Hanam City Council visited the comprehensive exhibition situation room for the "2025 Eulji Exercise" on the 19th to observe the training situation of the Eulji Exercise, encourage the officials, and then take a commemorative photo. Provided by Hanam City Council

According to the Hanam City Council, the Eulji Exercise is an annual nationwide emergency preparedness drill conducted by the government to protect the lives and property of citizens in the event of war, an incident, or a comparable national emergency.

This year's Eulji Exercise in Hanam, which began with the "2025 Eulji Exercise Initial Situation Briefing" at the city hall's comprehensive exhibition situation room on August 18, is currently underway at the Eulji Exercise Center on the first basement floor of Hanam City Hall. The exercise involves eight organizations, including Hanam City Hall, Hanam Police Station, Hanam Fire Station, and the 1st Battalion of the 3879th Unit, with more than 500 participants, and will be conducted over a period of four days and three nights.

Notably, on August 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., a series of drills will take place across all areas of Hanam and at Starfield Hanam, including: a 20-minute nationwide air raid alarm and evacuation drill; training for citizens on emergency actions such as finding shelters and wearing gas masks; demonstrations and hands-on training for citizens on decontamination and CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) equipment; and a drill to allow emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances to pass through traffic.

At 3:00 p.m. on the same day, Chairman Geum Gwangyeon, Vice Chairman Jeong Byeongyong, and other council members visited the comprehensive exhibition situation room on the first basement floor of the main building of Hanam City Hall, received a briefing on Hanam's current status and the exercise situation, inspected the emergency preparedness posture, and delivered gifts of encouragement.

Chairman Geum Gwangyeon expressed his sincere gratitude to the public officials, soldiers, police officers, firefighters, and all other personnel involved in the Eulji Exercise for their dedication despite their busy schedules. He also urged all organizations to participate actively in the Eulji Exercise with a mindset of real-world readiness, while taking care of their personal health and safety in the midst of the ongoing heatwave.

Chairman Geum further emphasized the importance of encouraging Hanam citizens to actively participate in the nationwide civil defense evacuation drill and called on Hanam City officials to take the lead in ensuring the training is substantial and well-organized.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety is conducting the Eulji Exercise from August 18 to 21, over a four-day period, to establish national emergency preparedness and ensure the stability of citizens' daily lives during emergencies. This year's Eulji Exercise is being held in conjunction with the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise under the name "Eulji Freedom Shield." Approximately 4,000 organizations, including administrative agencies at the town, township, and district level and above, public institutions and organizations, and key management companies, as well as 580,000 participants, are taking part.

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