Dongducheon City Holds Emergency Response Meeting on Downpours

Dongducheon City held an emergency response meeting on the 3rd presided over by Vice Mayor Ko Jae-hak at the Dongducheon Integrated Disaster Management Center to address damage from the torrential rains that fell on the 2nd and 3rd and to develop countermeasures in preparation for concentrated downpours.

The emergency response meeting on concentrated downpours was attended by approximately 10 personnel including the vice mayor, the director of the Safety and City Bureau, the head of the Safety Coordination Division, and heads of disaster-related teams. The meeting discussed damage from the torrential rains that fell on the 2nd and 3rd, as well as preventive measures according to future weather conditions.

Vice Mayor Ko Jae-hak urged that "thorough safety measures for advance prevention should be implemented through on-site inspections of various construction sites, natural recreation areas, low-lying flood-prone areas, landslide risk zones, and disaster-threatened areas, so that there are no casualties or inconvenience to citizens."