Hwaseong Achieves Top Ranking Among Local Governments in 2025 First Half Disaster Management Training

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong Special City announced on the 29th that it achieved the top ranking nationwide among local governments by scoring 102 points, the highest score for a municipal government, in the evaluation of the ‘2025 First Half Disaster Management Training’ conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Disaster management training is conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to check whether swift and accurate situation reporting occurs in the early stages of disaster occurrence, aiming to establish organic cooperation systems among disaster-related agencies and achieve whole-of-government coordinated response.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety annually evaluates all local governments nationwide to inspect the overall response system, including swift situation dissemination in the early stages of disaster occurrence, accurate reporting procedures, and disaster text transmission.

Hwaseong City achieved the top national ranking by receiving the highest-level evaluation in all categories, including situation dissemination within five minutes of disaster occurrence, report submission within 10 minutes, and disaster text transmission within 20 minutes.

In particular, the city operates the ‘Disaster Safety Situation Room’ 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with a dedicated team composed entirely of full-time personnel, making maximum efforts in disaster management even during normal times.

Mayor Jung Myeong-geun stated, “Protecting the lives and property of 1.06 million citizens is the foundation of all administration,” and added, “Hwaseong City's high evaluation is the result of continuously strengthening our rapid-response disaster management system that moves quickly in the field, and we will do our utmost to create a safe city of Hwaseong going forward.”