Yangpyeong Fire Department Enters Special Alert Operations for Christmas and Year-End Holiday Season

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong] The Yangpyeong Fire Department will implement special alert operations for the upcoming Christmas holiday and year-end season to ensure residents spend safe and peaceful holidays.

Christmas special alert operations will be conducted for three days from 6 p.m. on the 24th to 9 a.m. on the 26th, while year-end holiday special alert operations will be implemented for five days from 6 p.m. on the 31st to midnight on January 4th of next year.

As large crowds are expected to gather for year-end fireworks titled "Winter in Yangpyeong, Light of Love" and New Year's sunrise viewing events at "Dumulmuri," the Yangpyeong Fire Department plans to work closely with related agencies to block potential accident risks in advance and be fully prepared for swift initial on-site response in case of accidents.

Key implementation measures include ▲advance inspections of fire-vulnerable facilities and elimination of fire hazards ▲guidance on autonomous safety management for officials at multi-use facilities ▲establishment of an on-site response system centered on commanding officers and concentrated deployment of available fire department resources at the initial stage of fires ▲strengthening emergency patient transport systems for cold-related illnesses during winter ▲minimizing large-scale fires and casualties through seamless on-site response system operations.

Lee Dong-gyu, Head of the Disaster Response Division, stated, "We will do our best to operate an on-site response system so that everyone can spend a safe and warm year-end season," and added, "At multi-use facilities where large crowds gather due to events, even small oversights can lead to accidents, so we ask for your special attention and care."