BCP-DR-IT SECURITY INFORMATION FORUM MEETING

 

Date: Thursday, June 16, 2005
Time:   12:00 pm to 2:00 P.M.
Venue:

HSBC Building

 

TOKYO FIRE DEPARTMENT: STRATEGY AND MEASURES FOR MASS-CASUALTY DISASTERS


Guest Speaker:  Mr. Shoichi Tajima, Battalion Chief and Counselor to Division Chief, Fire Suppression Division, Tokyo Fire Department

 

This presentation was in Japanese with consecutive English interpretation.

 

Over the past decade, the Tokyo Fire Department has reengineered and refined its approach to cope with major calamities in response to several natural and man-made disasters that occurred in Japan. Mr. Shoichi Tajima, a veteran firefighter with extensive rescue and fire control operations experience, spoke about the strategies and measures undertaken by the Tokyo Fire Department (TFD) to mitigate the risks associated with large-scale disasters. He covered specifically:

  • Organization of the TFD 
  • Updated information on the TFD's equipment and tools
  • Tactics and strategies on firefighting and rescue procedures in high rise buildings  
  • TFD's equipment for major disasters including nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) incidents
  • Recent major disasters: 1995 sarin gas attack and the 2001 multi-fatality building fire in Kabukicho, Shinjuku
  • Fire Response Teams organized to respond to large-scale disasters throughout Japan 
  • What company employees need to know for fire prevention and in case of fire
  • Lessons learned from recent major disasters

The Tokyo Fire Department has stressed the importance of maintaining a dialogue with IBA member institutions to exchange views and share experiences on safety issues.