[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] As a heat wave advisory was escalated to a heat wave warning on the 22nd, Hwaseong City convened an emergency heat wave disaster countermeasures meeting and launched full-scale preparations for the severe heat wave.
The city held a disaster countermeasures meeting at the City Hall video conference room on that day, presided over by Mayor Seo Chul-mo of Hwaseong City, and conducted intensive inspections on key management targets for heat wave preparation and promotion and response status by each department and eup·myeon·dong.
The city's policy is to operate a heat wave response task force during heat wave advisories (advisory or warning) and to operate the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters according to the 'Heat Wave Field Action Manual' through situation assessment meetings when the heat wave warning persists for more than three days.
The operation of the heat wave response task force will include an elderly protection countermeasures team, a health management support team, and a medical system team to protect the health of citizens vulnerable to heat waves, while also organizing an agriculture, fishery, and livestock countermeasures team and a workers countermeasures team to focus on heat wave damage monitoring in each sector and heat wave management for public workers.
Additionally, when operating the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, the city will divide the response into three stages—Caution (Stage 1), Critical (Stage 2), and Very Critical (Stage 3)—according to the heat wave situation, and will minimize heat wave damage through phased response.
The city will implement emergency living stability support and emergency facility repairs, and operate medical and quarantine services for vulnerable population protection at the Caution stage. At Stage 2 (Critical stage), the city will also implement emergency communication support, energy function recovery, disaster resource support, and heat wave damage clean-up promotion.
Particularly at Stage 3 (Very Critical stage), the city will establish traffic countermeasures including traffic control, emergency road repairs, and securing alternative transportation, conduct volunteer management and emergency repairs of facilities in heat wave-affected areas, and carry out activities for social order maintenance and search and rescue operations in preparation for potential loss of life.
Mayor Seo Chul-mo said, "We must ensure that Hwaseong becomes a safe city through thorough inspection of heat relief shelters where citizens can escape the heat and by showing concern for vulnerable populations exposed to the heat," and urged, "Please make your best efforts so that citizens do not suffer damage from the heat wave."
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