Yongin City Selected as Excellent Disaster Management Organization for 10 Consecutive Years, First in Nation in Ministry of Interior and Safety Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City announced on the 30th that it has been selected as an excellent organization in the Ministry of Interior and Safety's "2025 Disaster Management Evaluation."

With this award, the city has been selected as an excellent organization for 10 consecutive years. Yongin City is the only organization in the nation to have been selected as an excellent organization for 10 consecutive years. The city will receive incentives including a plaque of appreciation from the Minister of Interior and Safety and special transfer taxes of 88 million won.

The city was recognized for efforts to establish a system to professionally respond to various disaster situations in this evaluation. In particular, the city received high evaluations in the fields of appropriateness of disaster safety budget operations, crisis management by disaster type and advance preparedness systems, maintenance of disaster situation management and response systems, promotion of disaster management policies, and strengthening of disaster safety inspection capabilities.

The city did not receive an "insufficient" rating on any of the 43 evaluation indicators across 6 fields in disaster management stages.

The Ministry of Interior and Safety has been conducting "Disaster Management Evaluation," which comprehensively diagnoses disaster management capabilities of 340 institutions including central government, local governments, and public agencies, since 2005 in accordance with the "Basic Law on Disaster and Safety Management."

Mayor Lee Sang-il said, "This is the result of all city public officials uniting their efforts in disaster prevention and response and sincerely conducting field inspections and reinforcement measures for disaster-vulnerable areas," and added, "Going forward, we will thoroughly prepare for complex disasters caused by climate change and continue to implement necessary measures for citizen safety."