Yeoju City Holds Inspection Meeting on Typhoon and Flood Preparedness

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Yeoju City held a 'Typhoon and Flood Preparedness Implementation Inspection Meeting' on the 18th with the attendance of heads of major departments and officials from eup, myeon, and dong divisions, inspecting the implementation status of disaster prevention measures.

The meeting examined the actual implementation status of major items planned at the 'Summer Natural Disaster Implementation Inspection Meeting' held on April 29. Prior to the full start of the rainy season, the session proceeded in order of an overall report on typhoon and flood preparedness status, inspection of implementation status by nine major departments including the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Division, reports on implementation status by eup, myeon, and dong divisions, and subsequent discussion.

The city plans to make every effort in facility safety inspections in preparation for the rainy season in line with the policy direction of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, based on the prevention of repeat disasters in areas where past disasters occurred, swift control, and human protection measures through resident evacuation, as emphasized in the Safety and Public Order Inspection Meeting led by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

To this end, the city plans to designate and manage 43 areas of concern for human casualties and install access control facilities at 110 entry points to major rivers, while organizing village patrol units to prioritize prevention of human casualties through proactive evacuation.

Vice Mayor Jo Jeong-a stated, "As we enter the full rainy season, please make every effort to respond to typhoons and floods by pre-inspecting facilities under your jurisdiction to address risk factors in advance, and implementing proactive resident evacuation in areas expected to suffer damage through situation management and surveillance."