Olympic Audience Volunteers Up to 1 hour in a row on September 30, Tokyo, 18:39
Based on the verification results of the test tournament held this summer for the next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Tokyo Metropolitan volunteers, who guide the audience around the competition venue, We have compiled a policy of a maximum of one hour as a measure against heat.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government tested the measures against heat at the test tournament such as beach volleyball and marathon held from June to this month for the Tokyo tournament. The policy has been compiled.
Among these, “Citycast”, a volunteer in Tokyo who guides the spectators around the competition venues, has a policy of a maximum of one hour of continuous activity as a measure against heat.
In addition, as a countermeasure against the heat of summer, a blower or a movable cooler is installed in the tent to overcome the heat, or a device that injects mist-like mist into a tent made of a sheet that blocks heat and light It was that there was effect that "heat index" that became index of heat stroke prevention fell about 3 degrees when we installed.
For this reason, tents that were effective in next year's competition will be installed in sections where the distance between the competition venue and the nearest station is long, or along the marathon.
Based on this policy, the city plans to implement heat countermeasures for spectators and volunteers in the future.