We will carry out disaster drills on September 3rd!

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Sendai Aoba-ku, Regional Head Office length: Kazuo Kumagai), the Expressway from the play a major role in traffic ensure the region as an emergency transport routes in the event of a disaster, the crisis management capabilities of employees and affiliates In order to improve, on September 3 (Monday) of the disaster prevention week period, we will carry out a comprehensive disaster prevention drill with about 1,400 people participating in Regional Head Office, road control centers, offices, toll gates, rest facilities, etc.

The training is a large-scale earthquake response training assuming the "Miyagiken-oki Earthquake", which is said to occur at a probability of 99% within 30 years, and together with the role-playing training at the Tohoku Regional Head Office building (closed) This time, in particular, we will carry out on-site training (open to the public) assuming the establishment of a local countermeasures headquarters in the Chojahara Service Area (SA).

1. Purpose

Aiming at improving the capacity to secure traffic and provide accurate information to customers through swift recovery activities in the event of a large-scale disaster such as the Miyagiken-oki Earthquake Train correspondence.

2 date and time

Monday, September 3, 2007
Hands-on training 14:30~15:30

3 places

Tohoku Expressway Chojahara SA (In-bound line)

4 Participating organizations

NEXCO EAST Co., Ltd. Tohoku Regional Head Office, Road Control Center, Management Offices, Construction Offices, NEXCO EAST Group Companies, Outsourcing Companies, Construction Contractors

5 Assumed training

Assuming that the Miyagiken-oki Earthquake (magnitude of earthquake: maximum seismic intensity 7) occurred, Expressway facilities were damaged, and other transportation facilities were also damaged.

6 Training content

The following training will be conducted assuming that a local countermeasures headquarters has been set up at Chojahara SA.

1. Information provision training for customers at rest facilities
   • Quick information training for customers in the event of a disaster
2. Evacuation guidance training for customers at rest facilities
   • Training to safely evacuate customers to outdoor gardens
3. Rescue activity simulation training
   • CPR training with AED device
4. Road emergency inspection departure training
   • Training to check the equipment before going to the road emergency inspection and to perform quick and accurate inspection work
5. Sandbag making training
   • Training to quickly create sandbags for rubbing steps
6. Step correction training
   • Training to temporarily rub a step on the road surface with sandbags
7. Satellite communication vehicle/disaster prevention vehicle setup training
   • Installation training for satellite communication vehicles/disaster prevention vehicles and image transmission training by satellite

On the other hand, at the Tohoku Regional Head Office building, we will assume the damage etc. on the day of the disaster and conduct training by role playing method more realistically, such as formulating a recovery plan. (private)