{"id":394,"date":"2016-10-27T23:04:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/?p=394"},"modified":"2017-02-20T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T07:54:15","slug":"fire-drill-2016-live-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/?p=394&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Fire Drill 2016: Live exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan is a country with regular earthquakes, natural disaster, and mass sudden death. As such, it is important to keep in mind the necessary procedures to keep oneself\u00a0and others safe. Institutions like\u00a0NAIST regular hold drills to ensure the timely evacuation of their buildings. This year’s fire drill was aimed at the staff and foreign students of the Graduate School of Information Science.<\/p>\n

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The evacuated students, staff and faculty gather to be counted and participate in the exercise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fire drill began with a simulated earthquake and a request for everyone to cower under their desks to be safe from falling objects. Afterwards, students and staff put on safety helmets and evacuated the building. As the students assembled in front of the building, the hands-on part of the fire drill started.<\/p>\n

As is well-known,\u00a0the first minutes\u00a0of a fire are the most critical. A fast response can save lives and keep the fire from becoming uncontrollable. Consequently, the Takayama fire station provided a hands-on experience to prepare participants for a real incident. For example, students and staff got the chance to use\u00a0one of the hoses buildings in Japan are commonly equipped with, and bravely irrigated the trees and lake in the center of the campus.<\/p>\n

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NAIST student Rodrigo Elizalde trying out a water hose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, 20 volunteers were able to try using a fire extinguisher. While during demonstrations they\u00a0would\u00a0normally be filled with water, this year the\u00a0extinguishers were filled with real flame retardant. After shouting “Fire!”, pulling out the pin and approaching the pretend fire, the participants\u00a0sprayed it with the\u00a0pink powder. The coughing participants praised the realism of the exercise. “I had never pulled a pin out of or used a fire extinguisher before, but I had heard that the nozzle would be hard to control. Turns out it is very easy to use after all.”, one particularly handsome student\u00a0remarked.<\/p>\n

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The aftermath of the exercise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Practicing the motions for the event of an emergency helps build the right reflexes for when the time comes. Do you know the guidelines for staying safe during and after an earthquake? Have you emptied a fire extinguisher recently, or ever? Maybe you should do it at the next local fire drill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japan is a country with regular earthquakes, natural disaster, and mass sudden death. As such, it is important to keep in mind the necessary procedures to keep oneself\u00a0and others safe. Institutions like\u00a0NAIST regular hold drills to ensure the timely evacuation of their buildings. This year’s fire drill was aimed at the staff and foreign students … Continue reading Fire Drill 2016: Live exercise<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,30],"tags":[127,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vsp.naist.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}