Awards given at the 2024 Inagi City Fire Department New Year's Parade

At the Inagi City Fire Department's New Year's Parade held on Sunday, January 14, 2024, those who had made outstanding contributions to firefighting and disaster prevention activities were honored.

20 years of service as a fire brigade member

• Kazuo Harada, Vice-President of the Group Headquarters
• Fourth Division Member: Makoto Ohara
• 6th Division Member Yasuo Isegawa
• 8th Division Member Senga Kohei

• First Division Squad Leader Genjiro Aoki
• First Division Member Keisuke Nakajima
• First Division Member Naoya Nagasaka
• First Division Member Atsushi Yatabe
• Second Division Member Koichi Shindo
• Second Division Member Keita Harashima
• Hideyasu Ishida, Deputy Chief of the Third Division
• Third Division Chief Shinya Ishihara
• Yoshihiro Fukushima, Deputy Chief of the Fourth Division
• 4th Division Squad Leader Yoshihiro Ohara
• 5th Division Vice Chief Isegawa Yohei
• Fifth Division Squad Leader Tomoyuki Asano
• 6th Division Squad Leader Takatsugu Ihara

8 years of service as a fire brigade member

• First Division Member Daiki Yamamoto
• First Division Member Masahiro Kamei
• First Division Member Tomioka Kaito
• Third Division Squad Leader Yuji Iguchi
• 4th Division Squad Leader Yuki Muto
• Fifth Division Squad Leader Moriyama Junki
• Fifth Division Member Atsushi Sasaki
• 6th Division Squad Leader Shimada Hiroki
• 6th Division Member Takeshi Kato
• Sixth Division Member Shinichi Hasegawa
• 7th Division Member Masaya Yokota
• Vice-Captain of the 8th Division, Takumi Mikajiri
• 8th Division Chief Kensuke Nakajima

Katsuyo Yasukawa, Division Chief of the Fourth Division, was awarded this prize for his efforts in acquiring emergency knowledge and skills, and his dedicated efforts in promoting first aid in the community.

The Inagi City Fire Brigade was awarded an award for excellence due to its strict discipline, diligence in training, and exceptional performance in regular activities.

The 6th Division was awarded an excellent award for its outstanding achievements in accomplishing its mission of firefighting, being disciplined, proficient in firefighting knowledge and technology, and achieving outstanding results.