Icheon City Selected as Excellent Local Government in Ministry of the Interior and Safety's '2025 Summer Natural Disaster Countermeasures Evaluation'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] Icheon City announced on the 11th that it has been selected as an excellent local government in the '2025 Summer Natural Disaster (Heavy Rain) Countermeasures Evaluation' conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, having been recognized for its thorough advance preparation and proactive disaster management capabilities.

Following this selection, the city will receive a 150 million won incentive along with a commendation from the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

With this, the city has secured a total of 600 million won in disaster management budget, including 450 million won in awards as the top-ranked local government in Gyeonggi Province's comprehensive natural disaster evaluation.

This evaluation is the result of a comprehensive assessment across four sectors: ▲Status of disaster prevention project implementation ▲Implementation of summer advance inspections ▲Emergency response system operation ▲Establishment of inter-agency cooperation systems.

Icheon City's Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters has achieved zero casualties and minimized property damage through proactive preparation, enhanced pre-inspection, and rapid situation response in a context where the risk of extreme heavy rainfall is increasing due to intensifying climate change.

Mayor Kim Gyeong-hee said, "The selection of our city as an excellent organization is a result created together by our staff's rapid response efforts and citizens' active participation," and added, "Going forward, we will further strengthen our prevention and response systems to protect citizens' lives and property from natural disasters."