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Busan Metropolitan City Signs Agreement with Busan Bank to Operate Neighborhood Climate Shelters

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will sign a “Business Agreement for the Operation of Neighborhood Climate Shelters” with Busan Bank today (June 17) at 9:30 a.m. at the City Hall Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.

Neighborhood Climate Shelters are community-based rest areas operated through cooperation between the City and private-sector organizations, including financial institutions, large retail stores, and telecommunications companies, to minimize inconvenience to citizens caused by climate change-related weather conditions such as heat waves and cold waves.

Attending the signing ceremony will be Kim Gi-hwan, Assistant Mayor of Citizen Safety Office, and Kim Byeong-gi, Executive Director of the Management Support Group at Busan Bank.

Prior to this agreement, the City held a special heat wave response measures review meeting on May 26, chaired by Vice Mayor for Administrative Affairs Kim Kyung-duk, to protect citizens from increasingly early and severe heat waves. During the meeting, participants discussed measures to strengthen the situation management system, protect vulnerable groups, expand heat wave evacuation facilities, and enhance safety measures for outdoor festivals and events.

In particular, the City has expanded various heat wave refuge facilities, including cooling centers, shelters for mobile workers, and smart bus shelters. Since 2025, it has also introduced and operated Neighborhood Climate Shelters through agreements with private-sector organizations, allowing all citizens to conveniently access these facilities.

Through this agreement, the City will add 159 Busan Bank branches located in Busan and expand the total number of Neighborhood Climate Shelters in operation this year to 833.

Information on Neighborhood Climate Shelters can be found through the Busan Life Map website (https://lifemap.busan.go.kr/) and the Safety section of the Busan Metropolitan City website (https://www.busan.go.kr/depart/sfnews). The information will also be posted on Busan Safety ON (https://safecity.busan.go.kr/) in the future.

In addition, Busan Bank will place information stickers at the entrances of participating branches operating as climate shelters and provide 10,000 folding fans to visiting citizens.

Kim Gi-hwan, Assistant Mayor of Citizen Safety Office, stated, “We sincerely thank Busan Bank for its continued cooperation on important community issues.” He added, “Beginning with today’s agreement, we will make even greater efforts to create an urban environment where citizens can feel safe and comfortable despite increasingly severe heat waves.”