Prior to the rainy season and typhoons, a large-scale flood control training was held in Kunitachi, Tokyo, assuming that heavy rains caused flooding of houses and landslides.
This training was conducted by the Tokyo Fire Department and others, and a total of more than 500 people, including local residents, gathered at the riverbed of the Tama River in Kunitachi City, which was the venue.
The training began on the assumption that the Tama River was flooded by torrential rain, and the residents first wrapped a plastic tank filled with water in a blue sheet and arranged it around a board that looked like a house to prevent flooding.
It is called the "simple flood control method" and is a substitute for sandbags.
Subsequently, the Tokyo Fire Department rescued the left-behind residents by helicopter, assuming that the embankment broke and river water flowed into the city.
In addition, training was conducted to bring fire fighting vehicles to isolated areas using helicopters, and to rescue residents after removing sediment using a belt conveyor at the site of a landslide disaster. I was checking one by one.
Hirofumi Shimizu, Fire Chief of the Tokyo Fire Department, said, "I think it was an opportunity for many residents to participate and raise awareness of disasters. Firefighters also want to strengthen their ability to respond to intensifying disasters through such training." I was talking.