Baek Gyun-ki, Mayor of Yongin: "Take All Necessary Measures to Prevent Citizen Damage from Continued Extreme Heat"

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Mayor Baek Gyun-ki of Yongin City instructed at a city policy strategy meeting on the 26th to "carefully monitor and immediately address any shortcomings to ensure that human casualties and damage to livestock and fruit farms do not occur due to the continuing extreme heat."

This came as temperatures continuously exceeded 30 degrees Celsius.

Mayor Baek stated, "Children and the elderly who are vulnerable to heat waves must not have their lives threatened by the heat" and urged, "Please respond proactively before heat-related accidents and safety incidents occur to citizens."

In response, the city has been inspecting the operational status of air conditioning systems at 532 senior community centers throughout the jurisdiction since the 21st, and providing heat wave prevention guidelines to elderly residents.

In Giheung-gu, to monitor the health of 709 low-income single-person households aged 75 and older, health drinks are being delivered three times a week, and when health drinks are not received twice or more, staff from district administrative welfare centers will immediately visit the households.

Additionally, to prevent damage to fruit farms, crop management guidelines during heat waves are being sent via text messages, and surveillance has been intensified.

To prevent heat-related damage to livestock farms, a heat wave response situation room is being operated until August 31st.

Finally, Mayor Baek expressed encouragement, saying, "I express deep gratitude to the public health center staff working on the frontlines of quarantine efforts in sweat-inducing weather while wearing protective suits, and to all those working silently in the field."