Ministry of Public Administration and Security jointly inspects safety management of Busan Fireworks Festival with ‘1 million people’

We decided to look into on-site crowd management, traffic management, facility safety, emergency measures, etc.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Jeong-woo = The Ministry of Public Administration and Security announced on the 6th that it will visit the Gwangalli Beach area where the '21st Busan Fireworks Festival' will be held on the 7th and conduct a comprehensive inspection of the safety management situation at the festival site.

The Busan Fireworks Festival is a representative fall festival visited by more than 1 million domestic and foreign visitors every year. In 2024, 1.03 million people gathered at the event venue, and last year, 1.17 million people flocked to the event.

This event will decorate the night sky of Gwangalli with fireworks from 7 to 8 p.m. on the 7th.

This year, more than 8,000 of the paid spectator seats will be sold overseas, and large crowds, including foreign visitors, are expected to visit the Gwangalli Beach area.

Prior to the festival, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security will conduct a joint inspection across safety management, including crowd management, traffic management, emergency rescue, and facility safety, with related agencies such as Busan City, police, fire, and coast guard. We plan to complete the correction of risk factors identified during the inspection before the start of the festival.

Kim Gwang-yong, head of the Disaster and Safety Management Division of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, presides over a safety measure inspection meeting at the on-site general situation room on the afternoon of the 7th, the day of the festival, and conducts a final inspection of the preparation status of each institution.

At the meeting on this day, measures to manage crowd density from entry to the festival site to dispersal after the end of the festival, traffic management measures such as subways and vehicles, status of safety personnel deployment, and transport measures in case of emergency patients will be mainly inspected.

In addition, multilingual guidance and interpretation systems are carefully checked to ensure that foreign visitors to the festival site can safely enjoy the festival and return.

After the meeting, Director Kim will personally inspect the area around the festival site to check the high-altitude observation vehicle deployed for safety management during the festival, congestion and order information electronic display (LED) vehicle, Kidari police officer operation status, emergency medical booth and emergency vehicle movement, and encourage field workers.

In order to prevent safety accidents on international passenger ships and cruise ships (land ships) watching the fireworks festival on the sea, the Coast Guard's maritime safety measures, such as dividing viewing areas, establishing control and safety zones, and deploying ships, will also be examined.

Director Kim said, “The government will do its best to manage safety at the site so that all visitors to the Busan Fireworks Festival can return home with happy memories.”