Mayor Yeom Tae-young of Suwon: "Let Citizens Believe That Suwon is a Safe City"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kang Han-seo] On the 28th, Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young requested that members of the Suwon Integrated Defense Council "play their roles so that citizens can believe that Suwon is a 'safe city.'"

Mayor Yeom said at the 'Q2 2019 Suwon Integrated Defense Council Meeting' held at the City Hall Disaster Safety Situation Room that "the Eulji Taegeuk Exercise will serve as an opportunity to strengthen Suwon's crisis response capabilities," adding "let us thoroughly check the methods to handle disaster situations and gaps in training manuals, and verify each organization's roles and cooperation systems."

He continued, "If the public and private sectors work together and conduct systematic training to prepare for disaster situations, we will be able to overcome crisis situations well," and said "when large-scale disasters such as the Gangwon Province wildfires occur, we can minimize damage only when all sectors put their efforts together beyond regional and organizational boundaries."

The meeting attended by approximately 20 committee members from the private sector, government, military, and police, including Mayor Yeom Tae-young as the chairman of the Integrated Defense Council, proceeded with ▲2019 Eulji Taegeuk Exercise reports ▲security video viewing ▲and open discussion.

The city has been conducting the '2019 Eulji Taegeuk Exercise' since the 27th. Over four days through the 30th, this exercise involves approximately 600 personnel from 21 organizations.

The 'Eulji Taegeuk Exercise' is conducted in two parts: 'national crisis response drills' to handle earthquakes and terrorism, and 'wartime preparedness drills' that simulate war situations.

The city will conduct integrated response training that applies mission performance manuals in both the national crisis response drill and wartime preparedness drill.