Icheon City Pursues Seamless Disaster Response During Lunar New Year Holiday

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Um In-yong] On the 28th, as the heavy snow advisory in Icheon City was elevated to a heavy snow warning, the city upgraded its Disaster Safety Countermeasure Headquarters to emergency stage 2 and promoted heavy snow response and snow removal operations on major roads.

Beginning on the 26th, as heavy snowfall was forecasted in the central region, the city closely monitored weather conditions and entered 24-hour situation management. To minimize inconvenience to returnees during the Lunar New Year holiday, the city strengthened snow removal operations on major roads and snow removal-vulnerable sections through 112 personnel, 49 pieces of equipment, and 18 automatic brine spray stations.

Additionally, to minimize damage from heavy snow, the city strengthened promotional efforts regarding heavy snow through ▲sending disaster text messages related to heavy snow advisories ▲notifying precautions for agricultural and livestock facilities ▲alerting vulnerable populations to heavy snow and extreme cold.

Mayor Kim Kyung-hee inspected the heavy snow response situation at the Disaster Safety Countermeasure Headquarters and instructed: "Mobilize all snow removal vehicles to thoroughly conduct snow removal operations on major roads and ensure situation management to enable immediate response in case damage occurs."