Yongin City to Hold Wildfire Prevention Campaign on the 28th

Yongin City announced on the 23rd that it will hold a 'Seokseongsan Trail Wildfire Prevention Campaign' on the 28th.

General civil defense members who attend this campaign and have been unable to complete civil defense training due to personal circumstances will be exempted from civil defense training this year after receiving confirmation of completion at the summit of Seokseongsan.

The event, co-hosted by the city and Yongin City Civil Defense Technical Support Team, will feature approximately 50 technical support members wearing civil defense vests and arm bands while distributing various wildfire prevention promotional materials to hikers entering the mountain.

They will conduct various campaigns targeting autumn and winter hikers, who are most vulnerable to wildfires, including promoting prohibitions on carrying matches, lighters, burners, and other ignition materials into the mountain, bans on cooking in forests, use of designated trails, and mutual promotion of wildfire prevention awareness.

The event will depart from the Administrative Town City Hall and climb to the summit of Seokseongsan Trail. Any Yongin City residents are welcome to participate on-site.

A city official stated, "As the number of forest fires caused by careless acts of mountain visitors has increased significantly across the country, we have organized this event in cooperation with the Forest Leisure Division to be utilized as a civil defense disaster prevention activity and practical civil defense training method," and added, "We expect this will greatly enhance civil defense capabilities in Yongin City as well as increase awareness of accident prevention in daily life."

Meanwhile, a survey showed that among civil defense members who have not completed training, approximately 3,000 out of 20,000 members in the 1st to 4th year categories have not completed it, and 3,500 out of approximately 42,000 members in the 5th year and above categories have not completed it.