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Japan to Deploy Small Rescue Vehicles for Disaster Response

Japan to Deploy Small Rescue Vehicles for Disaster Response

   Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to provide disaster response teams with small rescue vehicles that can run on rough roads, starting in fiscal 2025, officials said.
   The move to deploy small vehicles to the National Fire Service Team for Disaster Response comes after its large vehicles were unable to access sites battered by a magnitude-7.6 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on Jan. 1, hampering rescue and relief goods transport efforts.
   The disaster response team carried out firefighting, rescue and goods transportation in the peninsula over 52 days starting on New Year's Day.
   Its large vehicles loaded with equipment to rescue victims from destroyed buildings had limited access due to their size, with larger ones spanning 8.5 meters long. As a result, small vehicles of 3.4 meters in length from fire departments handled the initial rescue work.
   Based on this, the agency plans to give disaster response teams small rescue vehicles that can carry personnel and equipment even over rough and narrow roads.

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