Disaster Response "Metropolitan Reserve Warehouse" Opens in Paju Following Icheon

Gyeonggi Province opened an additional "metropolitan reserve warehouse" in Paju City on September 2 to respond to the climate crisis.

With the opening of this new facility, Gyeonggi Province has established a support system that covers the entire province, together with the existing southern metropolitan reserve warehouse in Icheon City.

The metropolitan reserve warehouse is a large-scale storage facility that holds supplies needed for major disasters that are difficult to handle at the city or county level. The facility, which spans 3,300 square meters, stores approximately 770,000 items across 98 categories, including rescue, emergency, and recovery support equipment, as well as daily necessities.

The newly opened northern metropolitan reserve warehouse has established a system that enables on-site response within two hours in the event of a disaster.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Additionally, with the opening of this warehouse, Gyeonggi Province has newly introduced a direct purchase and management system for de-icing agents.

To address the previous difficulty in securing de-icing agent reserves due to limited storage space at city and county levels, the province has launched its own project to secure 10,000 tons of de-icing agents, aiming to proactively respond to extreme snowfall and other climate disasters.

Lee Jongdon, Director of Safety Management at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Disasters can strike anytime and anywhere, so we will do our utmost to secure the golden time and protect the safety of residents through the metropolitan reserve warehouses established in both the southern and northern regions." He added, "We will continue to work to build a comprehensive safety net that leaves no region behind and establish a thorough response system."

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