Activity of Technical Emergency Control Force (TEC-FORCE) of NILIM
１． About NILIM technical support

anytime as temporary members.

In times of disaster, NILIM dispatches specialists who have advanced,In FY2012, it dispatched 8 people in total (11 man-days) (see table) as

technical knowledge in each field such as, sewer, river, landslip

members of the advanced technical guidance group TEC-FORCE for theprotection, roads, and buildings based on the request from the Regional

seasonal rain front downpour centered on the Kyushu and the Kinki areas

Development Bureaus or local government of the stricken areas. The３．Facing enhancement of the disaster support system in the future

dispatched specialists conduct the site investigation corresponding to theIn the future, it will be utilized for the decision of further technologicaldisaster situation, and conduct technical support etc. for the site andstandards, and for succession of advanced disaster technology andMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to restore thefindings discovered through accumulating information of disaster andarea urgently and permanently.

support into knowledge as a data base through engineering support.

During the Great East Japan Earthquake, 262 people (592 man-days)
in total proceeded to the stricken area in the interim of immediately afterAnd, it aims at more satisfactory correspondence by expanding
TEC-FORCE members and conducting study courses

the disaster of March 31, 2012, and conducted the evaluation for social
capital facilities indispensable for life rescue and urgent restoration, andtechnical guidance for emergency restoration etc.
In FY2012, during the tornado disaster of Ibaraki Prefecture in May
and the landslip disasters in the Tohoku and Kinki regions caused byTyphoon No.17 in October etc., it dispatched 27 people on 19 occasions
in total (on January 25, 2013, following is same).
２．About TEC-FORCE of NILIM
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Figure Activity in the Kagetsu riverdispatched specialist to the field as Technical Emergency Control Force(TEC-FORCE) when especially large-scale disaster stroke. In NILIM, 31
members were appointed as specialists who were the main TEC-FORCE,
and the researchers who had the necessary technology were nominated

Table Dispatch results of TEC-FORCE in 2012 fiscal year (on January 25, 2013)
Date
Correspondence toseasonal rain front
downpourfromJuly 3

July 4

July 12 - 13

July 15

Correspondence to
Heavy rain from
August 13

August 20

Purpose

Dispatcher

Chikugo river basin,
Kagetsu river(Hita City, Oita Prefecture)

Location

Disasterinvestigation,technical support andadvice of restoration policy

Shirakawa river basin,
Shirakawa river and Kurokawa
river
Kikuchi river basin, Goshi river(Kumamoto City, Kumamoto
Prefecture)

Disasterinvestigation,
Technical support andadvice of restoration policy

Yabe river basin,
Yabe river and Okinohata river(Yanagawacity,FukuokaPrefecture)）

Technicaladvice
restoration policy etc

Uji river basin,
Midajiro river(Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture)

Confirmation of dike
destruction
mechanism
and Technical guidance
about
thefuturecorrespondenceRiver Department
River Division
HATTORI Atsushi, Head
FUKUSHIMA Masaki, Chief researcher
River Department
TORII Kenichi, Water disaster prevention
system researcher
River Division
Fukuhara Naoki, Researcher
Research Center for Disaster Management
Flood Disaster Prevention Division
ITO Hiroyuki, headRiver Department
River Division
HATTORI Atsushi, Head
Research Center for Disaster Management
Flood Disaster Prevention Division
KUBOTA Keijiro, Chief researcher
River Department
River Division
HATTORI Atsushi, Headof