Fire department staff commit suicide Disciplinary action against chief at the time Tokyo Fire Department March 31 22:55
Last year, the chief of the fire department was disciplined for committing suicide by an employee of the Ushigome Fire Department of the Tokyo Fire Department. The Tokyo Fire Department has said that the chief's business management and instructions were inappropriate.
In December last year, a male employee working at the Ushigome Fire Department committed suicide, and the Tokyo Fire Department conducted an investigation after receiving information from the chief at the time that there was a power harassment.
According to the Tokyo Fire Department, the staff had complained of poor physical condition due to an increase in the amount of work, but the chief did not properly manage the work. In addition, there was a frequent communication gap between the chief and the staff.
On the other hand, it cannot be immediately determined to be power harassment.
The Tokyo Fire Department has already transferred the chief of the department to the Human Resources Department, but based on the results of the investigation, decided to discipline the reprimand on 31st. The chief retired from the request.
"I am sorry that the fire chief, who is in charge of managing and supervising staff, should not abide by this. We will take this seriously and work to prevent a recurrence," commented Tokyo Fire Department Naoto Sasaki, Human Resources Manager.