Guri City Announces '2025 Summer Heat Wave Comprehensive Response Plan'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Guri City announced on the 18th the '2025 Summer Heat Wave Comprehensive Response Plan' to prevent heat-related illnesses and safety accidents caused by heat waves and to minimize inconvenience and damage to citizens.

This comes as higher-than-average humidity and temperatures are expected to prolong the heat and tropical nights this year. During the heat wave countermeasure period (May 20~September 30), the city plans to operate the Heat Wave Response Task Force and Guri City Disaster Safety Headquarters according to heat wave crisis alert levels to make maximum efforts in damage prevention.

The city will first share location information of 133 indoor heat wave shelters through the Smart Safetyreport system and others, and will install an additional 39 shade structures this year in addition to the existing 189 that have been in operation.

Additionally, the city plans to operate 10 water play facilities and 11 landscape water facilities at outdoor heat wave shelters, and is reviewing the designation and operation of 24 smart shelters as additional heat wave shelters.

To promote adherence to the 2025 heat-related illness prevention three principles, the city will install and operate a total of 18 'Here Water Healing Stations' including 6 refrigerators and 12 ice boxes at outdoor heat wave shelters for 45 days during July through September, where citizens can voluntarily bring and drink cool drinking water in shaded areas.

In particular, through the 'Four Seasons Conscience Umbrella Rental Station' that has been operated year-round since last year, citizens are supported in temporarily seeking shelter from summer showers or intense midday sunlight, and the city has arranged for autonomous use by citizens at 18 public institutions including the first floor lobby of Guri City Hall.

Additionally, for the three vulnerable groups facing heat waves—low-income individuals, people with disabilities, the elderly, homeless persons, and outdoor workers (mobile workers, construction workers, etc.)—230 disaster helpers check on the well-being and health status of approximately 1,800 elderly living alone. The city is also applying cutting-edge technology to heat wave prevention activities by periodically monitoring the health, sleep, diet, and exercise status of care recipients using AI technology, and having professional counselors dispatch for emergency response when abnormal signs are detected.

In addition, visiting nurses from the health center during regular daytime hours provide visiting health management services by visiting the homes of elderly living alone, people with disabilities, and those with chronic diseases to check their health status. To prevent heat-related illnesses among mobile workers, the city operates a mobile worker shelter (located in Inchang-dong) 24 hours a day and provides cool drinking water and heat illness prevention supplies.

Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun said, "We will do our utmost to respond to heat waves so that all citizens can have a safe and happy summer."