Osan City to Operate Comprehensive Control Center in Preparation for Lunar New Year Holiday

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kwak Sang-wook) announced on the 27th that it will operate a comprehensive control center during the Lunar New Year holiday period to ensure that returning hometown visitors and citizens experience no inconvenience during the holiday season.

The comprehensive control center will operate for four days from January 30th to February 2nd with a total of eight task forces comprising 57 personnel, functioning daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., while an on-duty team will manage situations during nighttime hours.

The comprehensive control center consists of eight task forces: the General Coordination Task Force, Disaster Management Task Force, Environmental Task Force, Price Stability Task Force, Transportation Task Force, Water Supply Task Force, Healthcare Task Force, and District Task Forces, which will conduct emergency operations.

The main duties of each task force are as follows: the General Coordination Task Force oversees overall situational management; the Disaster Management Task Force operates the disaster emergency control center; the Environmental Task Force organizes and operates special mobile cleaning teams; and the Price Stability Task Force monitors price trends of key seasonal items and checks for excessive increases in personal service charges.

The Transportation Task Force has designated the period from the 29th to February 3rd as a special traffic management period to enable returning hometown visitors to safely travel back and forth during the holiday. The task force plans to minimize citizens' inconvenience by installing traffic guidance signboards in congestion-prone areas to ensure smooth traffic flow and prevent accidents.

Additionally, the Water Supply Task Force will operate an emergency water supply system to ensure stable supply of domestic water, while the Healthcare Task Force will verify implementation of the emergency medical care system and normal operation of 119 ambulance services. The city plans to designate a total of 160 on-duty medical institutions and rotating pharmacies to enable medical consultations and medicine purchases.

Meanwhile, citizens experiencing inconvenience during the Lunar New Year holiday can contact the Osan City Comprehensive Control Center at 031-8036-7142 or 031-8036-8221~2.