Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-joon Opens 'Saebil Field Mayor's Office' at Gwanggyo Mountain to Check Forest Fire Response System

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-joon opened the 'Saebil Field Mayor's Office' at the foot of Gwanggyo Mountain on the 13th and inspected the forest fire response system.

The mayor visited the forest fire monitoring post in Pajang-dong, Jangan-gu to confirm the response system and encourage the forest fire watchers.

Mayor Lee Jae-joon said, "I am grateful to the forest fire watchers who play an important role in forest fire prevention in this cold weather," and emphasized, "Forest fires can only be prevented when not just fire watchers, but also the local community, civil servants, and citizens work together."

He continued, "Gwanggyo Mountain is visited by 15 million hikers a year, and Chilbo Mountain by 12 million, so we cannot control each and every person. We must actively promote forest fire prevention guidelines to hikers," he said.

The city has been operating the '2025 Spring Forest Fire Prevention Comprehensive Countermeasures Headquarters' at the Park and Greenery Business Office and four district Park and Greenery Departments since January 24. The countermeasures headquarters, which operates until May 15, has 199 civil servants and forest fire watchers on duty. From March 15 to April 15, a 'Large-scale Forest Fire Special Countermeasures Period' will be operated.

The city is utilizing advanced technology to respond to forest fires. When a forest fire occurs, the city plans to initiate initial firefighting within 30 minutes, the golden time for fire suppression, using an intelligent forest fire prevention ICT (information and communication technology) platform.

Twenty-two intelligent forest fire monitoring cameras using AI (artificial intelligence)—18 at Gwanggyo Mountain and 4 at Chilbo Mountain—detect forest fires 24 hours a day, and when a fire is discovered, text messages are immediately sent to the person in charge.