The Palaceside Building self-defense fire brigade held its traditional New Year de-zome-shiki on the roof on the morning of the 10th, and about 50 building staff took part in brisk training.
Under a deep-blue sky, after New Year remarks by brigade chief Kazuhisa Nakai (president of Mainichi Building Co.), participants practiced extinguishing fires with extinguishers and indoor hydrants and first-aid training with AEDs (automated external defibrillators).
With the Noto Peninsula earthquake and the aircraft collision on a Haneda Airport runway among major disasters and accidents already this year, participants called out loudly to one another and trained with serious expressions.