At a sports facility in Tokyo that was the venue for the canoe competition at the Tokyo Olympics, rescue teams from the Tokyo Fire Department and others conducted training to rescue people who were swept away by the river.
The training was held at the Canoe Slalom Center in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, and more than 60 people, including the Tokyo Fire Department's water rescue team, participated.
This facility is the venue for the canoe competition at the Tokyo Olympics, and it is possible to artificially create a steep stream of water, which means that more practical training can be performed.
In the training to rescue people who were swept away by the river, the team members worked in pairs to check the procedures for securing people who had been swept away and pulling them to the shore.
After that, the team members were divided into groups and rode rubber boats, where they were taught how to use oars by the instructor and practiced how to go down the rapids by avoiding obstacles that resembled rocks.
Fire Commander Tomoya Matsuura of the Tokyo Fire Department's Rescue Division said, "This is a valuable opportunity to experience the rapid flow, so we want to continue training to ensure that we can rescue people while ensuring our own safety."