Disaster prevention drill in Yamato Village, which conducted evacuation drills using the ASDF helicopter, on the 20th, Porting Port in Yamato Village, Kagoshima Prefecture
There was a disaster prevention drill in Yamato Village (Amami Oshima) in Kagoshima Prefecture on the 20th assuming landslide disasters due to local heavy rains. A total of about 100 people participated in joint training between villages, Ground Self -Defense Force Amami Guard, and Air Self -Defense Force Naha Base. Evacuation drills were conducted by rescue helicopters to strengthen cooperation between related organizations. The training was conducted on the assumption that multiple residents could not be evacuated due to landslides due to landslides in the village, where heavy rain warning was issued. The village confirmed a series of flow of evacuation orders, damage confirmation, and rescue requests from the establishment of the Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters in the government office building. The Ground Self -Defense Force transported 35 isolated ports to the thought port and took over to the large transport helicopter and CH -47J. On this day, there were also damage information collection training using drones (small and unmanned vehicles) and the SDF equipment exhibition. "It is a strength for us that the Self -Defense Forces are in the local area, and we want to build a cooperative system by training so that we can cooperate at any time in the event of a disaster." Based on the experience of the Amami heavy rain disaster in October 2010, he said, "I do not know where the heavy rainfall will occur. It will continue to be important to increase local disaster prevention."
Amami's Nankai Nissho Shimbun