Gwacheon, Korea
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Gwacheon, Korea Name of the Community: Gwacheon Country: South Korea Number of inhabitants: 71,068(as of December 30, 2012) Programme started year: 2009 International Safe Communities Network Membership: Designation year: 2013 Name of the Certifying Centre: Center for Community Safety Promotion (Korea) Info address on www for the Programme: http://www.gccity.go.kr/ For further information contact: Name: Sangman Lee, Buingsik Choi, Minkyoung Jin Institution: Gwacheon City Hall / Life Safety Aid Department Address: 69, Gwanmun-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Zip code: 427-714 City: Gwacheon Country: South Korea Phone (country code included): +82-2-3677-2320 Fax: +82-2-2150-1520 E-mail: [email protected] Info address on www for the institution: http://www.gccity.go.kr/ The programme covers the following safety promotion activities: Infant/ Elementary School Student 0-12 years: Home: ・Pregnant Women and Infant Aerobic Class ・Support for sports activities of the disabled and isolated classes ・Supply of Children Safety Textbook Traffic: ・Children Traffic Safety Education ・Production of Children Traffic Safety Promotion Goods ・Traffic Environment Improvement School: ・Children Safety Drama Program ・Children Safety Experience School ・Children Safety Program ・Sex Education for Preschoolers ・Support for Injury Insurance for Preschoolers ・Support for Maintenance and Repair of Nursery Facilities ・Safety Keeper Operation ・First-aid education ・Provide safety map of dangerous areas around elementary schools ・Installation of School Zone Signboards around Schools ・Children and Juvenile Public Mental Health Program Sports/Leisure: ・Repair of Playgrounds inside Apartment Complexes Teenager 13-18 years: Home: ・Home Safety Education by Utilizing Civil Defense Education ・Safety Class with Parents ・Safety Program for Parents of Infant and Pregnant Women Traffic: ・Operation of Bicycle Class School: ・Nurturing Infant Safety Instructor Sports/Leisure: ・Support for sports activities of the disabled and isolated classes Adults 19-64 years: Home: ・Home Safety Education by Utilizing Civil Defense Education Traffic: ・Targeting at the handicapped ・Operation of Assisting Device Maintenance and Repair Center Occupational: ・Safety Education for Local Community Job Creation Program ・Safety Check for Certain Management Object Facilities ・Support for Repair Cost of Farm Machinery ・Farm Machinery Safety Education Sports/Leisure: ・Operation of Bicycle Safety Class ・Bicycle Insurance for the Citizen ・Safe and Convenient Bicycle Road Management Elderly 65+ years: Home: ・Falling Prevention Education ・Operation of Senior Health Class Traffic: ・Traffic Safety Education ・Operation of Senior Safety Class Natural Disaster : ・First-aid Education Program ・Life Saving Education and Training ・Civil Defense Experience Education ・Operation of Voluntary Disaster Prevention Group ・Disaster Preparedness Training ・Early Extinguishing Forest Fire and Climb Trail Safety Program ・Snow-removing and Maintenance of Roads in Winter Season ・Maintenance of Disaster Vulnerable Areas ・Comprehensive Stream Management ・Precise Inspection on the Target Facilities of the Special Act on Safety Control for Infrastructure ・Operation of Disaster Prevention Headquarters and Comprehensive Safety Management Plan ・Storm and Flood Insurance Support Program Violence prevention : ・Sex Education for Preschoolers ・Kidnapping and Violence Prevention Program ・School Violence Prevention and Aggressive Programs ・Prostitution, Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence Prevention Education ・Operation of Local Solidarity of Women and Child Protection ・Installation and Maintenance of Patrol Control Center ・Juvenile Protection ・Establish the integrated support system ・Installation of Security CCTVs Suiside prevention : ・Public Mental Health Center ・Operation of Senior Suicide Prevention Program ・Juvenile Suicide Prevention Program Programs aiming at “High-risk guoups”: ・Household keeper for vulnerable households ・Safety check and maintenance for disaster vulnerable households ・Provide multi-cultural families with comprehensive service for their successful settlement in the Korean society such as Korean education, family counseling and education, etc ・Counseling telephone service for women and family matters, family support programs for families in danger ・Sexual violence and domestic violence prevention education ・Local solidarity of children and women protection ・Children and juvenile health promotion ・Maintenance of amenities for the disabled ・Improvement of the recognition about the disabled and safety education ・Support for the disabled’s social activity ・Firefighting safety experience camp in summer season ・Lifesaving education and training ・Alcohol addiction prevention program targeting at homeless people ・support jobs for their independence and self-support Surveillance of injuries: Primary data sources: 1. Data on Cause of death from Statistics Korea 2. Data on Rescues of Fire Station 3. Road Traffic Injury Data from Police Station 4. Mutual Aid Fund to the Safe School 5. School-based Injury Surveillance Data (Cheonggye Elementary School) 6. Injury Rist Morpanalysis (Gwacheon Public Health Center) 7. Local Statistics Including Population (Gwacheon City) Numbers per year: Every year since 2009 Population base: 71,068 Started year: 2009 ■ Trend of Injury Deaths per the Population of 100,000 except for Diseases ■ Cause of Injury Death per the Population of 100,000 Publication: ・Results of Gwacheon Safe Community Projects in 2011 ・Gwacheon Safe Community Project Promotion Plan in 2012 ・Results of Gwacheon Safe Community Projects in 2012 ・Gwacheon Safe Community Project Promotion Plan in 2013 Staff : Gwacheon-si Safe Community Committee Leader: Yeo Inkook Number: full-time 2 and 2 for supports Professions: full-time 2 (and 2 for support) Permanent: 2 Temporary: 2 Organization: Gwacheon Safe Community Commission Specific cross-sectoral leadership group for safety promotion General public health/health promotion group : ・Gwacheon Police Station, Gwacheon Fire Station ・Anyang Gwacheon Office of Education ・Cheonggye Elementary School ・International CPTED Association ・Seoul National University ・SAFIA ・Safe Kids Korea ・Korea Children Foundation ・Gwacheon Green Mother’s Association ・Gwacheon Exempary Driver’s Association ・Gwacheon Voluntary Crime Prevention Group ・Gwacheon Veterans Association of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps ・Gwacheon Mother Police International commitments Participation in Safe Community conferences: ・the 20th International Safe Community Conference in Falun in Sep 2011 ・the 6th Asian Regional Safe Community Conference in Japan in Nov 2012 Domestic commitments Participation in Safe Community conferences: ・The 7th Workshop for National Safe Community Network in Ajou University in May 2011 ・The 8th Workshop for National Safe Community Network in Wonju in Oct 2011 ・The 9th Workshop for National Safe Community Network in Jeju in June 2012 ・Re-designation Ceremony of Jeju in Oct 2012 ・The 10th Workshop for National Safe Community Network in Cheonan in Nov 2012 ・The 11th Workshop for National Safe Community Network in Songpa&Gangbuk in May 2013 ・Re-designation Ceremony of Songpa in June 2013 ・Designation Ceremony of Gangbuk in June 2013 .