Ban-Etsu Expressway Tunnel Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Training
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- Ban-Etsu Expressway Tunnel Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Training
October 16, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office Niigata Management Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office Office Niigata Management Office (Kinan Ward, Niigata City, Director: Hiromitsu Shimomura) assumes a traffic accident in the Yaeyama Tunnel of Ban-Etsu Expressway (extension 2,997m), and also cooperates with related organizations. In order to respond promptly and accurately, we will carry out the "Tunnel Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Drill" as follows.
1 Implementation date
Monday, October 20, 2008, 10:00-11:00
2 Implementation place
- Ban-Etsu Expressway Tsugawa Interchange (Implementing in the Yakeyama Tunnel)
- Inside the Ban-Etsu Expressway Aganogawa service area (Out-bound line)
3 Participating institutions
Niigata Prefectural Police Headquarters Transportation Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
Niigata Prefectural Police Headquarters Regional Division Air Corps
Aga Town Fire Department
Agano City Fire Department
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office Niigata Management Office
(Cooperator) Sakae Motor Co., Ltd.
(Cooperator) Japan Automobile Federation Niigata Branch
4 Training content
Assuming a collision between vehicles has occurred in the Yakeyama tunnel (two-way traffic section), we will conduct training such as rescue of injured people and fire extinguishing activities (the assumed contents of the accident are as in the reference material).
In addition, using the lifesaving support heliport in the Aganogawa service area (Out-bound), we will carry out training to emergency transportation of persons injured in an accident on a Expressway to a medical institution.
[Reference Material]
1. Accidental assumptions (simulated accident/simulated fire using actual vehicle)
- On the Out-bound line of the Yakeyama tunnel, a wagon vehicle running on the Out-bound made a mistake in driving and touched the side wall, spun due to an impact, and stopped in a form of blocking the up and down line. An ordinary passenger car traveling Out-bound line crashed into the side of the wagon.
- The wagon car that collided stops in a form that blocks the vertical line. Of the five crew members, one was seriously injured and four were slightly injured. An ordinary passenger car stopped in the Out-bound line and out of the two occupants, the driver was seriously injured and one in the passenger seat was slightly injured, but both were trapped inside the vehicle and unable to escape. After the collision, smoke was emitted from the engine of a normal passenger car.
2. Accident scene map
3. Training details
- Report communication training
Training to notify the Road Control Center (virtual) of an accident from an emergency call and request the fire department and police to dispatch after receiving the accident. - Traffic regulation training
Training to enforce traffic regulations at the scene of an accident and to guide vehicles that have stagnated before and after the scene to evacuate. - Rescue training
Training to rescue an injured person trapped in a work vehicle and transport it by ambulance.
After leaving the scene of the accident, the ambulance heads for the lifesaving support heliport in the Aganogawa SA (Out-bound line). At the helipad, a helicopter of the Air Corps will conduct takeoff and landing training assuming transport to a hospital in Niigata city. - Fire fighting training
Fire drills for fire vehicles using pump cars. - Accident identification training
Accident and fire cause investigation training by police and fire departments. - Accident car exclusion training
Training to remove accident vehicles from the scene with tow trucks.
Since the above (1) to (6) are carried out in a series of flow, (3) helicopter takeoff and landing training and (4) to (6) in the rescue and emergency training will proceed simultaneously. For this reason, those who interview the transport training at the heliport cannot see the training at the Tsugawa IC.
4. Implementation status of training up to last year
The Niigata Management Office has been carrying out similar training on the assumption of an accident in a tunnel since 2002, and this is the sixth time this year.
5. Request to the press
- Please contact the Public Relations Department in advance if you would like to collect information locally.
- On the day, please use the parking lot at Tsugawa Tollgate (see the figure below).
- Training day Ban-Etsu Expressway in TSUGAWA IC ~ Mikawa IC of, has implemented one side alternating traffic regulations for the construction work, you may be waiting time of up to about 15 minutes may occur. Please come with plenty of time.
- Please follow the instructions of the staff at the site.
(Schematic diagram near the training venue)
