Earthquake Shelters and Rescue Boxes Also Have Object Addresses... Yecheon-gun Installs Address Plates at 128 Locations

To Be Utilized in Case of Emergency Situations

Yecheon-gun, Gyeongbuk assigned object addresses to 128 facilities.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] Yecheon-gun, Gyeongbuk has assigned object addresses to facilities closely related to daily life.

Yecheon-gun assigned object addresses to various facilities closely related to residents' lives by using road names and base numbers, extending the road name addresses that were previously only given to existing buildings.

The county assigned addresses to facilities such as bus and taxi stops, emergency water supply facilities, life-saving boxes, earthquake shelters, and children's parks to provide accurate location information and help enable quick response in emergencies.

They installed 128 object address plates, including 24 bus stops, 6 taxi stands, 5 emergency water supply facilities, 68 life-saving boxes, and 17 earthquake shelters, and plan to add more at public parking lots and other locations in the future.

A Yecheon-gun official said, “We plan to assign object addresses and expand the installation of address plates to enable prompt response in case of safety accidents.”