Ulsan Nam-gu Creates a Safe City that Protects Residents through Disaster Safety Policies
- Securing preemptive response capabilities through expansion and reorganization of specialized organizations, strengthened training, and establishing a disaster management system-
-Expansion and strengthening of disaster prevention infrastructure and AI-based selective monitoring system-

Ulsan Nam-gu (Mayor Dong-wook Seo) announced it will carry out the 2026 comprehensive disaster safety policy by holding the regular briefing at the Nam-gu Press Center on the 24th, which includes the establishment of an integrated safety management system centered around the Disaster and Safety Management Bureau, and expanding disaster prevention infrastructure to respond to natural disasters that are increasing in frequency, severity, and complexation due to climate change.

According to Nam-gu, this policy was planned around the key issues of empowering professional disaster response organizations, establishing a disaster response system to strengthen on-site response capabilities, and expanding disaster response infrastructure.

With the goal of strengthening professional disaster response organizations, the safety prevention policy office was expanded to 39 persons in January this year, strengthening the disaster control tower function.

The “Safety Prevention Office” that partakes in safety training, inspection, and social disasters, and “Disaster Response Office” that partakes in natural disaster response, recovery, and civil defense was specialized through reorganization, securing an accountable administration system centered around the director, which strengthens both the on-site response capabilities and policy execution power of dedicated disaster response organizations.

In order to secure a rapid and consistent response system during real disaster scenarios, a total of 22 discussion-based mock training was carried out bi-monthly from February to December to secure role mastery and initial response capabilities from each department.

In order to strengthen real-world response capabilities, the READY Korea training was carried out in the Taehwagang Poonglim Exllu Tower Apartment area participated by about 400 people from central government ministries, related institutions, and public workers to inspect response systems in all stages from situation recognition, initial response, all-out response, and cleanup and recovery in a hypothetical gas explosion and rapid fire spread situations in high-rise buildings.

Administrative capabilities will also be focused in establishing a disaster response system to strengthen response capabilities.

The new integrated disaster safety platform completed in the first-half of the year achieves centralized management of dispersed disaster data, implements real-time situation visualization, and improves the large LCD monitoring environment to significantly strengthen real-time response capabilities.

The spatial information-based disaster safety map establishment system converts independent data until the first-half of the year (areas of disaster occurrence such as fires, collapse, and explosion, etc., disaster-vulnerable areas, disaster response examples) into spatial information to provide customized safety management services according to local characteristics.

By operating a resident safety insurance (covering 21 types) targeting all residents in part of expanding safety projects that can be felt by residents, dog bite attack diagnosis and heat-related illnesses were newly added to strengthen safety assurance within daily life.

Intelligent AI selection and surveillance systems utilizing GPU server-based video analysis service will also enter expanded operation to transition 1,670 existing fixed CCTVs to intelligent surveillance, securing the golden time for crime response and increasing resident safety through the real-time detection of abnormal activities such as intrusion, collapse, and illegal dumping.

The safe commute service app will be renewed with an automatic execution function that increases convenience and safety of services including real-time tracking and camera video transmission in emergencies.

Disaster prevention infrastructure will also be carried out to increase and expand drainage pumps by this October as part of the Shinjeong 3-dong natural disaster risk area improvement project, which will upgrade drainage performance from 12 mm to 91.7 mm per hour, which is anticipated to prevent the flooding of about 20,000 ㎡ of land and protect 2,300 households.

Through the installation of rainwater outflow reduction facilities in the Jeonggol area expected for completion by the end of next year, storage capacity will be expanded and downstream waterways will be serviced to reduce flooding risk and establish a stable discharge system.

Thanks to the extreme heat shelter creation project in the Samsan Retention Basin Park area by this July, heat-blocking pavements, cooling shade, and outdoor extreme heat and cold shelters will be installed, with the goal of securing a rest area to prevent heat-related illnesses of those vulnerable to the climate crisis.

The N1 (Grade D) steep slope in Yaeum-dong will be designated as a high-risk collapse hazard zone for systematic management, and flood barriers will be provided for homes and businesses in vulnerable areas to minimize damage to residents’ property from flooding.

A Nam-gu official reported “Prevention and preparation is much more important than post-response for disasters”, and “We will organically increase organizational expertise, perform repeated training, and apply AI-based situation management and disaster prevention projects following the inauguration of the Disaster Safety Bureau.”