Taichung Fire Bureau Visits Japan for Observation to Deepen Disaster Prevention Exchange
A delegation from the Taichung City Fire Bureau visited Japan on the 14th to observe advanced disaster prevention facilities in Kyoto, aiming to bring back experience to enhance Taichung's disaster resilience and build a resilient city.
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(CNA Reporter Su Mu-chun, Taichung, 16th) The Taichung City Fire Bureau stated today that on the 14th, along with representatives from industry, government, and academia, they went to Japan to visit and observe units such as the Japan Disaster Prevention Specialist Association and the Kyoto City Fire Department, hoping to implement international disaster prevention experience exchanges, strengthen Taichung's disaster prevention and rescue capacity, and build resilient communities.
The Taichung City Government Fire Bureau issued a press release stating that this observation trip to Japan was organized in accordance with the "Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Disaster Prevention and Rescue Work Experience Exchange" signed between the Taichung City Government, Feng Chia University, and the Japan Disaster Prevention Specialist Association. The purpose is to regularly promote the exchange of disaster management experience and information between Taiwan and Japan, and to learn from Japan's rich practical experience in civil disaster relief.
The Fire Bureau explained that the visiting team is composed of representatives from industry, government, and academia, including the Taichung City Fire Bureau, scholars from Feng Chia University, and the Taiwan Disaster Prevention Specialist Association. They went to Japan on the 14th to participate in disaster prevention and rescue observation activities.
The itinerary planned visits to several important disaster prevention facilities in the Kansai region of Japan. In the Kyoto area, they went to the Kyoto City Fire Department to exchange views on disaster command and dispatch, emergency rescue capacity, and dispatch strategies. At the same time, the team also conducted an on-site inspection of the Kyoto City Disaster Prevention Center, experiencing the landslide disaster experience area combining a 180-degree giant screen and ground projection, a 4D underground mall flooding theater simulating urban heavy rain, and an evacuation pressure door experience.
In addition, the itinerary also included a visit to the "Ujigawa Open Laboratory" of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University, which is one of the important comprehensive experimental sites for flood disasters and hydrology. The focus was on observing large water tank scouring, underground space flooding models, and debris flow experimental devices.
The Fire Bureau mentioned that through this on-site observation and transnational experience exchange, they hope to bring back to Taichung Japan's experience in coping with extreme weather, establishing disaster prevention facilities, and public disaster prevention experiential education, continuously refining the capacity of disaster prevention and rescue work, and creating a safer resilient city. (Editor: Kuan Chung-wei) 1150416
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(CNA Reporter Su Mu-chun, Taichung, 16th) The Taichung City Fire Bureau stated today that on the 14th, along with representatives from industry, government, and academia, they went to Japan to visit and observe units such as the Japan Disaster Prevention Specialist Association and the Kyoto City Fire Department, hoping to implement international disaster prevention experience exchanges, strengthen Taichung's disaster prevention and rescue capacity, and build resilient communities.
The Taichung City Government Fire Bureau issued a press release stating that this observation trip to Japan was organized in accordance with the "Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Disaster Prevention and Rescue Work Experience Exchange" signed between the Taichung City Government, Feng Chia University, and the Japan Disaster Prevention Specialist Association. The purpose is to regularly promote the exchange of disaster management experience and information between Taiwan and Japan, and to learn from Japan's rich practical experience in civil disaster relief.
The Fire Bureau explained that the visiting team is composed of representatives from industry, government, and academia, including the Taichung City Fire Bureau, scholars from Feng Chia University, and the Taiwan Disaster Prevention Specialist Association. They went to Japan on the 14th to participate in disaster prevention and rescue observation activities.
The itinerary planned visits to several important disaster prevention facilities in the Kansai region of Japan. In the Kyoto area, they went to the Kyoto City Fire Department to exchange views on disaster command and dispatch, emergency rescue capacity, and dispatch strategies. At the same time, the team also conducted an on-site inspection of the Kyoto City Disaster Prevention Center, experiencing the landslide disaster experience area combining a 180-degree giant screen and ground projection, a 4D underground mall flooding theater simulating urban heavy rain, and an evacuation pressure door experience.
In addition, the itinerary also included a visit to the "Ujigawa Open Laboratory" of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University, which is one of the important comprehensive experimental sites for flood disasters and hydrology. The focus was on observing large water tank scouring, underground space flooding models, and debris flow experimental devices.
The Fire Bureau mentioned that through this on-site observation and transnational experience exchange, they hope to bring back to Taichung Japan's experience in coping with extreme weather, establishing disaster prevention facilities, and public disaster prevention experiential education, continuously refining the capacity of disaster prevention and rescue work, and creating a safer resilient city. (Editor: Kuan Chung-wei) 1150416
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