Hanwha invests 13 billion won into the Seoul International Fireworks Festival... 4.5 billion won for safety management alone
It has been held for over 20 years since the first event in 2000... Safety management budget alone: 4.5 billion
Quick Look
- Hanwha Group held the Seoul International Fireworks Festival on the 5th and invested a total budget of 13 billion won.
- As more than 1 million people were expected, 4.5 billion won, the largest amount ever, was allocated just for safety management costs, and about 5,000 safety personnel were deployed.
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Why It Matters
Hanwha Group has been hosting the Seoul International Fireworks Festival since 2000, and is operated based on Chairman Kim Seung-yeon's management philosophy of 'Together, Farther'.
The main event of the 'Seoul International Fireworks Festival with Hanwha', Hanwha Group's representative social contribution activity, begins at 8 pm on the 5th.
재계에 따르면 ㈜한화가 올해 서울세계불꽃축제에 투입한 예산은 총 130억원이다. 이중 안전관리에만 45억원이 투입됐다.
Hanwha explained that the largest number of safety and order maintenance personnel in history, about 5,000 people, were deployed to the Yeouido area in order to finish the largest private festival in Korea, where 1 million people gather in one place every year, without any major accidents.
Hanwha Group has been holding fireworks festivals for over 20 years since it started its first festival in 2000, excluding years where it was inevitably canceled due to COVID-19.
A Hanwha official explained, “The foundation of the festival, which costs about 10 billion won every year and makes no profit, is the management philosophy of ‘Together, Farther’, which Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon has emphasized.”
Hanwha said that while staging the event in accordance with Chairman Kim's request to "produce it 'higher and louder' so that more citizens can enjoy the fireworks festival," the viewing area concentrated in the center of Yeouido was expanded to include Mapo Bridge, Wonhyo Bridge, and the Han River Railroad Bridge.
100만명 넘는 인파가 몰리는 만큼 안전 관리 비용은 전년(38억5천만원) 대비 약 17% 늘렸다.
Hanwha Co., Ltd. mobilized everything, including 'Orange Safety', a crowd density measurement app linked to a telecommunication company, and a CCTV integrated control system using KT's 5G network slicing technology.
About 1,200 employee volunteers voluntarily carry out the 'Clean Campaign' to clean up the Yeouido Hangang Park area until late at night after the festival ends.
Hanwha Corporation plans to broadcast the Yeouido fireworks show in real time through the official YouTube channel 'Hanwha TV' for citizens who have difficulty visiting the festival site in person.
Open Questions
- Whether an actual safety accident occurred after the festival ended
