A disaster prevention drill was held in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, using a special large vehicle that serves as a base for supporting firefighters in the event of a large-scale disaster.
The "base function forming vehicle" is a special vehicle that serves as a logistical support base for fire rescue personnel in the event of a large-scale disaster, and one of the 24 vehicles nationwide is the only one in Kanagawa Prefecture that is deployed in Atsugi City. increase.
Thirteen staff members of the Atsugi City Fire Department participated in the training on the 24th, and it was conducted on the assumption that a large-scale earthquake or fire occurred in the city and many people were injured.
First, we confirmed the procedure for installing a personal computer, projector, communication equipment, etc. inside the car, after extending the car body, which is usually 2.5 meters wide, by another 2 meters to expand the space inside the car.
Training was also conducted to set up a large rescue station with a height of 3.5 meters in the air tent loaded on the vehicle, firefighters checked the flow while speaking out, and after inflating the tent, brought a bed etc. into it. I was there.
According to the Atsugi City Fire Department, this base function-forming vehicle was also dispatched at the site of the debris flow disaster that occurred in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture last July, and was used as a resting base for firefighters.
Mitsuteru Ishiguro, Chief of the Atsugi City Fire Department, said, "I would like to continue training so that I can use it smoothly no matter what kind of large-scale disaster occurs."