Overview
- The department marked the first anniversary with a staff-only ceremony at the old Naka Fire Station under its newly established “Safety Pledge Day.”
- All city fire stations held safety workshops on August 1, continuing training operations that resumed in April with a revised safety manual.
- External expert hearings and an internal investigation probed Aoki’s 4.7-meter fall but detailed findings and prevention measures have not been released.
- Parents of Aoki Hiroki are demanding public disclosure of the investigation to transform the accident into a community-wide safety lesson.
- In contrast, a 2023 rescue-training fatality in Kashiwazaki yielded a publicly published prevention report within six months.