About disaster prevention training at "Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway"

-We will hold a doctor helicopter takeoff and landing training at Umihotaru PA-

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January 9, 2009
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo, Regional Head Office length: Shinichi Ishikawa), the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway assumes the occurrence of traffic accidents in the aqua tunnel, of the relevant organizations of mutual cooperation based on, a quick and accurate response In order to plan, we will carry out disaster prevention drills as follows.

1 date and time

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:00 to 12:00

2 places

  • (1) Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway In-bound Line (near the midpoint of Aqua Tunnel)
  • (2) Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Umihotaru Parking Area (PA)
    (Kawasaki side 1F deck)

3 Participating institutions

NEXCO EAST Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Management Office
Kanto District Police Department Iwatsuki Daini Expressway Administration Office
Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters Transportation Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters Transportation Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
Kisarazu City Fire Department, Kawasaki City Fire Department
Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokuso Hospital
National Health Insurance General Hospital Kimitsu Central Hospital

  About 100 participants

4 Content

(1) Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway In-bound Line (near the midpoint of Aqua Tunnel)

  • Evacuation guidance and rescue training in the tunnel
    ⇒We will carry out information transmission and evacuation guidance training when a traffic accident occurs.
    Lanes will be restricted during the training (scheduled from 8am to 11:30am).

(2) Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Umihotaru PA (Kawasaki side 1F deck)

  • Rescue training from a bus assuming a tunnel
    ⇒We will conduct rescue training from the emergency door at the rear of the route bus.
  • Take-off and landing and transportation training with two doctor helicopters
    ⇒ After the rescue team confirms the seriously injured person, request the dispatch of a doctor helicopter, and carry out training to accommodate and transport the seriously injured person to the doctor helicopter landed at Umihotaru PA.
  • When a doctor helicopter cannot fly due to weather conditions
    ⇒Rescue team conducts training to rescue severely injured persons.

5 Training situation during 2006 Doctor Helicopter participation

Image of rescue training on the main line (inside the tunnel)
Image of doctor helicopter transport training

6 On-site coverage

Those who wish to interview at the training venue in the aqua tunnel, Can't go directly So, from Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Management Office to the field, We will guide you on the bus prepared by our company I will do it. If you would like to collect data, please apply to the following inquiries by January 16, 2009 (Friday) due to the adjustment of the vehicle.

Meeting place: Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Management Office (Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway Kisarazu Kaneda IC)
Meeting time: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:00

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