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Ensure Safety of Parents with the Emergency Ready App

Mr. A worries about his parents back home every winter due to the heavy snow and extremely cold weather. As the Emergency Ready App sends disaster-related text on anywhere you want, Mr. A downloaded the app and selected his hometown. When he gets the text on heavy snow or extremely cold weather, he calls his parents informing the risk and what to do. As it is not easy for him to call his parents frequently, he is happy with the Emergency Ready App, which makes sure his parents are safe and well.

Cold-related disease is common among the elderly, but they are unlikely to properly respond to the cold weather alert as they are not familiar with mobile phones. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety in Korea announced that residents can use the Emergency Ready App to receive disaster-related text regarding locations users want and inform related people including parents to make sure they are safe.

Residents can select the location they want and receive disaster-related alert and what to do under specific situations regardless of the current location. Download the Emergency Ready App to your mobile phone, select the location, and receive the disaster-related text. It sends texts, images, and video to help the elderly respond to disaster like heavy snow and cold wave. The Emergency Ready App also provides disaster-related information including emergency report service and evacuation facility.

· Source : Ministry of the Interior and Safety