Gwangju Police Hold Heavy Rain Countermeasure Meeting to 'Check Response System'

Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency (Chief Han Chang-hoon) announced on the 11th that it held an emergency inspection and countermeasure meeting to prepare for heavy rain and checked the response system.

The meeting discussed response measures to the recent monsoon characteristics of 'guerrilla-style heavy rain' and 'nocturnal downpours,' which cause significant rainfall differences even between neighboring areas and concentrate heavy rain during late night hours.

To prepare for nighttime and late-night heavy rain during the monsoon season, the following measures were reviewed: ▲ operation of the disaster situation room when there is concern about disasters such as heavy rain ▲ full-scale response regardless of jurisdiction or function upon receiving disaster-related reports of CODE 1 or higher ▲ strengthened patrols in disaster-vulnerable areas ▲ rechecking the disaster response system to actively support local government evacuation orders for residents.

A Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency official said, “Due to the compressed north-south monsoon front, concentrated heavy rain is occurring in narrow areas within a short time,” and added, “In case of disaster, please evacuate quickly to a safe place and immediately report to 112 or 119.”