The Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters and the company that operates the app for mountaineers have signed an agreement so that they can be quickly rescued based on location information in the event of a distress in the mountains.
An agreement ceremony was held at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters on the 19th, and the people in charge of the prefectural police and the company that operates the mountaineer app "Yamap" attended.
Yamap is an app that has a function to know your location information even outside the service area of your mobile phone, and is used by many climbers.
According to the agreement, you can post the mountain climbing post at the mountain climbing entrance or register the mountain climbing notification that you had to submit from the prefectural police homepage with the app, and if there is a mountain accident, you can contact the mountain climbing route or emergency contact. It means that the police will be able to see the information such as the above immediately.
In some cases, sharing the location information of climbers with the police is expected to lead to quick rescue.
According to the police, the number of mountaineering accidents has increased along with the increasing popularity of mountaineering, and the number of mountaineering accidents has risen to 144, which is the highest number ever in Kanagawa prefecture.
Since there are many cases where mountain climbing notifications have not been submitted, Yuji Kawabe, regional manager of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters, said, "When climbing a mountain, please make a mountain climbing plan and prepare carefully. By concluding an agreement, it will be quick and accurate. I want to connect to a great rescue. "