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Emergency fire brigade activities following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Last Updated July 22, 2024

Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture (conductor support (*), information gathering, emergency services)

A helicopter owned by Fire Bureau is transporting supplies to the Yoshihama district of Ofunato City (Yoshihama Junior High School Ground).
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Transfer injured from Iwate Prefectural Kamaishi Hospital to Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital by helicopter owned by Fire Bureau
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Damage situation in Toni District, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture
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  1. Transporting supplies to the Yoshihama district of Ofunato City (Yoshihama Junior High School Ground)
  2. Transfer of injured from Iwate Prefectural Kamaishi Hospital to Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital
  3. Damage situation in Toni District, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture

Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture (conductor support (*))

Joining the Air Corps at Fukushima Airport and flying to Miyako City via Hanamaki Airport
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They are checking the status of the disaster and coordinating their activities with the affected areas Fire Headquarters, other emergency fire brigades and SDF personnel.
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Damage situation in the Yamada area
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  1. Join the Air Corps at Fukushima Airport and fly to Miyako City via Hanamaki Airport.
  2. Check the disaster situation and coordinate activities with the affected areas Fire Headquarters, other emergency fire brigades, the SDF, etc.
  3. Damage situation in the Yamada area

※In the event of a large-scale disaster, a helicopter or the like is immediately dispatched to affected areas to collect and transmit information about the disaster, and to carry out support activities so that the emergency fire brigade dispatched to affected areas can smoothly conduct command.

Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture (information gathering, human life search, danger elimination activities)

Activities to search for human life by boat in Wakabayashi Ward
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Life Search Activities in Miyagino Ward
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Searching for Life in Collapsed Houses in Miyagino Ward
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  1. Life Search Activities in Wakabayashi Ward
  2. Life Search Activities in Miyagino Ward
  3. Life Search Activities in Miyagino Ward

Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture (emergency transport)

At Azuma Sports Park in the campsite, after a meeting of the emergency fire brigade Kanagawa Battalion, each unit is dispatched.
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Each vehicle of the emergency fire brigade waiting at the Fukushima Fire School
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Transporting the victim from Fukushima Medical University Hospital to a medical institution outside the prefecture
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  1. After a meeting with the Kanagawa Prefectural Corps at Azuma Sports Park in the campground, each unit was dispatched.
  2. Vehicles waiting at Fukushima Fire School
  3. Transport victims from Fukushima Medical University Hospital to medical institutions outside the prefecture

Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Activities were discontinued due to black smoke generated during cooling and water discharge preparation)

City of Yokohama, Fire Bureau's dispatch unit
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State of members dressed in simple protective clothing
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State of a member dressed in a protective mask
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  1. City of Yokohama, Fire Bureau's dispatch unit, Mobile No. 2 rescue work vehicle (right photo) and others
  2. Wearing simple protective clothing
  3. Wearing a protective mask

Cosmo Oil Chiba Refinery, Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture (cooling and water discharge activities)

The state of cooling and water discharge is being carried out to the plant by the Daikoku-cho Takasho Water Discharge Corps
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Water discharge activities by guarding fire boats
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The tank that has collapsed and burned
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  1. Cooling and water discharge to the plant by the Daikoku-cho Takasho Water Discharge Corps
  2. Water discharge activities by the fire boat Mamori
  3. Damage to tanks that have burned down and burned

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