Pyeongtaek City, Republic of Korea

Name of the Community : Pyeongtaek City Country : Republic of Korea Number of inhabitants in the community : 491,982(as of September 30, 2018) Safe Community Programme started year : 2014 International Safe Communities Network Membership: Designation year : 2018 Name of the Safe Community Support Centre : Center for Community Safety Promotion, Ajou University Medical Center (Director : Joonpil Cho, [email protected]) Name of Certifier : Lu Pai Name of Co-certifier : Info address on www for the Programme : www.pyeongtaek.go.kr

For further information contact: Name : Tae-ho Ahn Institution : Pyeongtaek City Hall / Disaster & Safety Management Officer Address : 245, Gyeonggidae-ro, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do Zip code : 17901 Municipality/ City : Pyeongtaek City Country : Republic of Korea Phone (country code included) : +82-31-8024-4913 Fax : +82-31-8024-4909 E-mail : [email protected] Info address on www for the institution (or community as a whole) : www.pyeongtaek.go.kr

The programme covers the following safety promotion activities:

CPTED program for prevention of crime and violence (Seojeong-dong) Pyeongtaek-si has executed the CPTED program in old multiplex villa area which is located in Seojeong-dong, 8 tongs from March 2015 to September 2016. A lot of single female residents live in this area with a condition of many alleys on the road. The major five crimes including sexual violence, robbery, violence and others have been founded consistently in this area. To improve the situation, the city has prepared the foundation of program like surveyed the residents to determine priority of safety measure, received advices of a design director, advertised in the press, cooperated with related organizations, executed meetings with the resident committee, distributed notices and others. Several activities have been proceeded to prevent major crime such as executing safe returning home program for women, designated safeguard house, installation of CCTVs and LED security lights, photovoltaic sign, coating gas piping, installation of safety tower, door post light, and design wall. 19.1% of the five major crimes have decreased and this will be expanded in Poseung-eup and Wonpyeong-dong area as well from 2016.

Operation of the SOS Team for prevention of accidents in everyday life(from Sep 2017) Also, Pyeongtaek-si has established a civil complaint SOS team to prevent safety hazard and resolve civil complaint through conducting safety inspection and repair demage service in advance from September 2017. The SOS team has been repaired roads, transportation, park facilities, and other safety hazard as safety inspection in advance in a bid to prevent future safety accident. 24 civilian volunteers will be organized as a SOS volunteer group to monitor living safety and to conduct a campaign from April 2018. They will broaden their activity boundary to prevent local demage.

Traffic Safety

- Safety education and accident prevention for child pedestrians - Control of violations of traffic rules and safe traffic guidance - Safe traffic education for children - Designation and management of school zones - Improvement of safe traffic facilities - Improvement of the local safe traffic environment - Safe traffic campaign for children - Education for drivers of commercial vehicles and buses - SMS illegal parking alert service - Control of illegal parking - Improvement of unsafe speed bumps - Improvement and cleaning of road facilities - Trimming and root pruning of roadside trees (improvement of the environment for growth) - Management of trees at bicycle lane sides - Safety education for public officials, businesses and workers in charge of cruise ship management - Guidance, inspection and patrol during busy season for safety management of cruise ships - Prevention of safety accidents of passengers of cruise ships - Visiting safe traffic education for elderly

Crime & Violence Prevention

Regional Disaster Prevention

- Design of the environment for crime prevention

- Patrol at high-risk spots and school zones - Crime prevention education for elderly - Prevention of school violence and sending children to school without fear - The Youth Guidance Committee - Group to monitor environment harmful for young adults - Local meeting on response to school violence - Improvement of the harmful environment in school zones - Education on domestic violence and sexual violence - Support for victims of sexual violence - Operation of the sexual violence counseling center - Making high-risk spots safe streets - Installation and management of CCTVs for crime prevention - Operation of the community sheriff

Suicide Prevention

- Education for suicide prevention and mental health promotion - Selective mental health examination for new mothers - Psychodrama for mental treatment - Monitoring of high-risk seniors living alone - Call Parents Campaign - Management of suicide attempters and high-risk groups - Development of the system for suicide response and follow-up management - Reinforcement of the local community's competency for suicide response - Improvement of the awareness on suicide prevention - Building of the cooperation system with private organizations and building of the foundation for the social safety net - Distribution of safe pesticide storage boxes - Campaign on safe sales of ignition charcoal - Education for suicide prevention of children and young adults (Happy U & I and Teen-Teen Class) - Fostering of gatekeepers - Selective mental health examination - Expansion of mental health infrastructure - Development of the integrated suicide death management system

Fall Prevention

- Improvement of environment to prevent falls - Promotion and operation of the safety petition system and the safety monitoring volunteer group - Improvement of environment to prevent falls (senior citizens centers) - Improvement of environment to prevent falls at daycare centers - Fall prevention for elderly - Education for fall prevention

Safe Work

- Education on the rate system for employers (manufacturing businesses) employing less than 50 employees - Educational support for workers of small businesses employing less than 50 employees - Education for managers of businesses handling chemicals - Safety inspection promotion campaign for the industry - Visiting education for cuts and impacts

Regional Disaster Prevention

- Education for fire safety, CPR and first-aids - Visiting education for children for disaster preparedness and response - Rescue drills - Events of the Safety Culture Movement - Operation of the Pyeongtaek Voluntary Disaster Prevention Group and drills for disaster response - Safety inspection of specially designated management targets - Installation and inspection of fire fighting facilities at daycare centers - Distribution of fire extinguishers and single station smoke alarms - Fire safety education - Fire safety inspection and improvement of the environment of senior citizens centers - Safety inspection on daycare centers - Promotion and operation of the safety petition system and the safety monitoring volunteer group - Improvement and replacement of flooring of children's parks - Sterilization and removal of foreign substances from sand of children's parks - Safety inspection on children's parks and renovation of old parks

Programs aiming at ”High risk-groups” Low-income group - Disaster vulnerable households free-of-charge installation of fire-fighting equipment - Provide ‘protector of life and love’ education to life managers of senior living alone - Conduct case management on high-risk group - Safe traffic education and distribution of safety supplies for seniors collection recyclable wastes etc.

Minority groups including workplace - Visiting safe traffic education for elderly - Visiting disaster preparedness and response education for children - Crime prevention education for elderly etc.

People with intention injury including victims of crime or suicide/self-harm - Education for prevention of school violence, intoxication and suffocation - Design of the environment for crime prevention - Prevention of school violence and sending children to school without fear - Reinforcement of the local community's competency for suicide response - Development of the integrated suicide death management system etc.

Abused women, children and men - Education for prevention of elderly abuse for workers of facilities - Sex education and education for prevention of sexual violence at daycare centers - Customized visiting education for prevention of child abuse - Prevention of school violence and sending children to school without fear - Support for victims of sexual violence - Operation of the sexual violence counseling center etc.

Disabled people - Improvement of the environment of welfare facilities for the disabled - Operation of the call van service for the severely disabled - Operation of the personal helper service for the disabled - Safety inspection on vocational rehabilitation facilities for the disabled - Fire safety management of welfare facilities for the disabled etc.

Dangerous sports and recreation - Visiting bicycle safety education - Safety education for safe use of swimming pools - Improvement of facilities of bicycle lanes - Improvement of facilities of children's parks and renovation of old parks - Safety management planning for sports facilities - Inspection on spots with high risks of bicycle accidents etc.

People exposed to high-risk environment - Safety inspection of specially designated management targets - Installation and management of CCTVs in school zones - Improvement of the traffic system in congested areas - Design of the environment for crime prevention at the village safe for women in Seojeong- Dong - Installation and management of CCTVs for crime prevention etc.

Discriminated people - Operation of the 1st marine safety camp in 2018 (Young adults attending Pyeongtaek Multicultural School and entered Korea due to marriage or employment of parents participated in the program) - Safe traffic campaign for foreign residents and traffic education for foreign drivers - Educational support for foreign workers etc.

Surveillance of injuries: Pyeongtaek City collaboration with center for Community Health and safety, Hyupsung University Numbers per year : Every year since 2014 Population base : 481,530(as of December 31, 2017) Started year : 2014

Source : National Statistical Office 「Cause of Death Statistics」2007~2016 Age Standardized Injury Death Rate in Entire Nation, and Pyeongtaek-City

Source : National Statistical Office 「Cause of Death Statistics」2007~2016 Injury Death Rate by Mechanism, Pyeongtaek-City

Publications: - A basis investigation of injury statistics in 2015 - Pyeongtaek City of injury satistics in 2017 - Pyeongtaek City of Safety Community Program Monitoring in 2017 - Disaster Management Manual in 2014-2018 - Project Management Card in 2016-2018

Staff

Leader : Jeong Jang-seon Number: 1 Professions: full-time : 4 Permanent : 4 Temporary : none Organization : Pyeongtaek City Safety Culture Promotion Committee

Specific cross-sectoral leadership group for safety promotion - Pyeongtaek City Safe Community Committee - Pyeongtaek City Safe Community Steering Committee - Pyeongtaek City Traffic Safety Committee - Pyeongtaek City Crime & Violence Prevention Committee - Pyeongtaek City Suicide Prevention Committee - Pyeongtaek City Fall Prevention Committee - Pyeongtaek City Industrial Safety Committee - Pyeongtaek City Regional Disaster Safety Committee

General public health/health promotion group: - Pyeongtaek Public Health Center / Public Health Center - Pyeongtaek Police Department - Pyeongtaek Fire Department / Songtan Fire Department - Schools(Education District) - Emergency Medical Center - Safe-related institutions etc.

International commitments: - Attendance at the Ceremony for Accreditation of Metropolitan City as an International Safe Community and the 2nd Network Meeting (Apr 28 & 29, 2016 / Gwangju Metropolitan City) - Attendance at the 3rd International Safe Community Meeting in 2016 (Aug 30, 2016 / Ajou University) - Attendance at the 2nd WISS Education of the Korean Safe Community Network (Oct 6, 2016 / Ajou University) - Attendance at the Preliminary Due Diligence for Accreditation of Koriyama, Japan, as an International Safe Community (Nov 7 through 11, 2016 / Koriyama, Japan) - Attendance at the 2016 Korea-Japan International Safe Community Symposium (Nov 22, 2016 / ) - Attendance at the Annual Safe Community Conference in Korea for 2016 (Dec 7 & 8, 2016 / ) - Attendance at the 1st International Safe Community Meeting for 2017 (Feb 9, 2017 / Ajou University) - Attendance at the 1st Due Diligence for Accreditation of Gumi City as an International Safe Community (Mar 30 & 31, 2017 / Gumi) - Attendance at the Due Diligence for Accreditation of Suwon Jeongja Elementary School as an International Safe School (Apr 27, 2017 / Suwon) - Attendance at the Ceremony for Accreditation of Suwon Jeongja Elementary School as an International Safe School (Jun 22, 2017 / Suwon) - Attendance at the 1st Due Diligence for Accreditation of City as an International Safe Community (Jun 29 & 30, 2017 / Asan) - Attendance at the 2nd Due Diligence for Accreditation of Jeju Special-Governing Province as an International Safe Community (Jul 4 & 5, 2017 / Jeju) - Attendance at the 1st Due Diligence for Accreditation of as an International Safe Community (Jul 19 & 20, 2017 / Sejong) - Attendance at the 1st Due Diligence for Accreditation of Suncheon City as an International Safe Community (Jul 26 & 27, 2017 / Suncheon) - Attendance at the Best Case Presentation of the International Safe Community Network of Korea (Sep 1, 2017 / Suwon) - Attendance at the Preliminary Due Diligence for Accreditation of Sakae, Japan, as an International Safe Community (Sep 8 through 12, 2017 / Sakae, Yokohama, Japan) - Attendance at the Ceremony for the 3rd Accreditation of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province as an International Safe Community (Sep 19, 2017 / Jeju) - Attendance at the 1st Due Diligence for Accreditation of City as an International Safe Community (Oct 25 & 26, 2017 / Jeonju) - Attendance at the 1st Due Diligence for Accreditation of Gwangju City as an International Safe Community (Dec 20, 2017 / Gwangju) - The International Safe Community Network Meeting of Korea (Mar 7, 2018 / Ajou University) - The 2018 1H Workshop of the International Safe Community Network of Korea (Mar 29, 2018 / Suwon)