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- Introduction of ANMC 21 Training Programs
| The Asian Network of Major Cities 21(ANMC21) holds a variety of training programs for personnel and specialists from member cities. Below we will introduce "Rescue Techniques Course" and "Flood and Storm Surge Control Training."
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(1)Tokyo's Rescue Techniques Expand Throughout Asia: Bangkok×Tokyo, Three Intense Weeks
As a member of the ANMC21, the Tokyo Fire Department manages the Rescue Technique Course and seeks to foster training instructors and promote development of fire-fighting and rescue techniques as suited to the conditions of each city.
Having being carried out every year since 2008, the 2010 training marked the third annual training session.
○Leadership Training in Tokyo, October 27th to November 10th, 2010
Six trainees from Bangkok’s Fire and Rescue Department visited Tokyo to take part in leadership training. The Bangkok firefighters are better suited to Japanese techniques and tools than to Western ones because of the similarity in the topography that the urban area is surrounded by agricultural land, cause of fires, and physical stature of Thai people. Preceding the February, 2011 rescue technique training session in Bangkok, the trainees took on leadership roles at a Tokyo Fire Department training station. |
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Drill using an extendable ladder |
○Rescue Technique Training in Bangkok, February 7th to 24th, 2011
Three months after the training in Tokyo, a rescue technique training session was held in Bangkok. The six trainees who underwent leadership training were able to make great use of the knowledge and skills they had acquired, acting as leaders in the ideal chance to spread their knowledge among trainees in Bangkok. Three rescue team members were sent from the Tokyo Fire Department: Fire Captain Masanao Fujiwara, Fire Lieutenant Tomohiro Nakayama, and Fire Sergeant Yoshihito Endo. These members were sent to assist in leadership of drills, and together with the six leaders from the Bangkok, they educated 74 members of the Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department on rescue techniques.
During the first week, the training focused on the drills teaching fundamental rescue techniques with rope. Being that similar training had been carried out in Bangkok in 2008, some of the trainees were experienced in using ropes. From the second week on, in order to allow the leaders to effectively manage organizational activities, a priority was placed on teamwork in drills that simulated the site of an actual fire. On the final day, the training concluded with a general drill bringing together all the previous training. Some trainees stated that at the beginning of the training, they had lacked experience in the fundamental techniques, or felt difficulty in forming groups and acting as directed due to the difference in organizational climates. However, even coming from different countries, fire-fighters proved to be birds of a common feather. In the final general drill, all of the trainees gave their best efforts, and showed their strong discipline and high morale under the command of the leaders, clearly displaying the results of the three-week training. Upon display of the results of the training, a strong bond was felt between the trainees and instructors, who had overcome the obstacles arising from different environment, customs, and languages. We expect that the trainees who learned in this training will go on to be Bangkok's rescue technique leaders, utilizing these directed organizational activities at the scene of real fires and spreading their knowledge throughout the Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department.
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Training in Bangkok (final day general drill) |
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