WAVE1 Speaks at Seminar Hosted by Optage's 'Condo Repair Navi', Proposing a Perspective to Connect Fire Equipment Inspections to Continuous Condominium Disaster Prevention Actions

WAVE1 Inc. (Headquarters: Suginami-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Motoki Takeda; hereinafter 'WAVE1') participated in the seminar 'Seeing Your Condominium's Repair and Disaster Risks Through Numbers' hosted by 'Condo Repair Navi', operated by Optage Inc., on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

## WAVE1 Speaks at Seminar Hosted by Optage's 'Condo Repair Navi'

WAVE1 offers 'Fire Management AI Diagnosis', which visualizes a building's disaster prevention capabilities based on fire equipment inspection data. Rikujo Itagaki, Executive Officer and General Manager of the Sales Management Department from WAVE1, which develops this service, took the stage at this seminar. He conveyed the importance of not letting the biannual fire equipment inspections end as mere legal compliance, but using them to continuously review condominium disaster risks and lead to concrete actions.

## Why WAVE1 Advocates for Condominium Disaster Prevention

In condominiums, systems to maintain building safety, such as fire equipment inspections and repair plans, are operated regularly. On the other hand, regarding disaster prevention, it is difficult to see disasters as a daily issue, creating a challenge for management associations and residents who struggle to understand 'where to start' and 'how much to prepare'.

Particularly, fire equipment inspection reports are highly technical, and there are cases where it is difficult for management associations and residents to fully understand the content and utilize it for decision-making regarding disaster prevention improvements. If inspection results end up simply being 'submitted and done', it becomes difficult to see the risks specific to each building and the priorities for improvement, making it hard to sustain disaster prevention efforts.

In response to these challenges, WAVE1 offers 'Fire Management AI Diagnosis', which visualizes a building's disaster prevention capabilities from both 'equipment' and 'people (operations)'. Based on field knowledge cultivated through fire and disaster prevention equipment inspections, the company aims to connect inspection results to continuous reviews and concrete actions for condominium disaster prevention.

## Key Messages Conveyed at the Seminar

The central messages conveyed by WAVE1 at this seminar are the following three points:

### 1. Disaster Prevention is Not Something to Think About 'Only During Renewal Work'
Condominium disaster prevention is not something to consider only during large-scale repairs or equipment renewals. It is important to utilize the biannual fire equipment inspections as a starting point to continuously review the building's disaster risks, rather than letting them end as mere legal compliance.

### 2. Disaster Prevention Capability is Determined by Multiplying 'Equipment' and 'People (Operations)'
Proper maintenance of fire equipment is a crucial premise for condominium disaster prevention. At the same time, to reduce damage during a disaster, the preparedness of 'people (operations)'—how residents, management associations, and management companies will act—is indispensable.
By establishing a system for actual action, such as disaster drills, communication frameworks, stockpiling, support for vulnerable individuals, and setting up a disaster response headquarters, it becomes easier to utilize the power of the equipment during a disaster.

### 3. In Disaster Prevention, 'Continuing' and 'Acting' are Important, Not Just 'Knowing'
Disaster prevention is not completed by simply learning or conducting a drill once. Even if participation in drills is low, by continuing them, it is possible to increase the number of residents who understand the initial response during a disaster.
Furthermore, to deliver disaster awareness to residents who do not participate in drills, it is important to provide easy-to-understand information tailored to residents' living situations, rather than highly technical and difficult manuals, and to grasp the interested demographic through surveys.

## Sharing Challenges for Practical Application in Panel Discussion and Q&A

In the panel discussion and Q&A session, specific themes for putting condominium disaster prevention into practice were discussed, such as in-home evacuation, the continuation of disaster drills, initial response systems that do not solely rely on management companies, and issues regarding stockpiling and movement in high-rise condominiums.

Participants voiced that while they conduct fire drills, they have not sufficiently considered evacuation routes during earthquakes or preparations assuming in-home evacuation. The importance of reviewing disaster prevention according to the situation of each condominium and connecting it to continuous action was reaffirmed.

## Voices of Participants *Excerpt (9 on-site, 66 online)

- 'It's true that drill participants are always less than 20%, but I reconfirmed the importance of continuing without pessimism and passing it on.'
- 'Condominium disaster prevention is currently a headache, but the ideas I received this time were very helpful.'
- 'It was content that I definitely want everyone in the same building to see.'

## Comment from Rikujo Itagaki, Executive Officer and General Manager of Sales Management Dept., WAVE1

'Disaster prevention is not something that ends after learning it once; its effectiveness increases when residents, management associations, and management companies continuously face it. We hope that fire equipment inspections will be utilized as the first step.'

## Future Outlook

WAVE1 will continue to through 'Fire Management AI Diagnosis'