Palaceside's volunteer fire brigade New Year drill was held on the 7th morning on the rooftop—a serious training, no holiday mood.
~70 from Mainichi Building Management, Kumagai Building Management, Aing and Tokyo Center security, Seibi cleaning, etc. At 10 a.m. clouds spread; no rain but quite cold—yet
complaints aside, training was earnest. Menu: extinguisher initial attack (water, not powder
), hose discharge, rescue/first aid.
First, "fire outbreak" scenario—initial attack =photo left. Sixteen in four teams shouted "Fire!" and doused red cones.
Hose training from indoor standpipes—top photo. Three Aing guards at the 1F east "Disaster Center" demonstrated smooth discharge—see their stance? Hit the circular "fire" target dead center.
Rescue/first aid =photo bottom—triangular bandages, improvised stretcher, AED. Wrapped the "injured," carried on stretcher; CPR on dummy, AED shock, repeat compressions
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Finally the captain stressed daily training; participants renewed vows for a safe, secure building.