物流倉庫施設の火災安全のための韓日台国際セミナーの開催のお知らせ

日本では、最近の物流事情の変化により大型物流倉庫が急増しており、これに伴い、
焼損床面積が数万㎡に及び消火に何日もかかる大規模な倉庫火災がしばしば発生するようになっています。
このことは、韓国や台湾でも同様です。
このため、日本防火技術者協会も協力し、下記のとおり、
韓国で「物流倉庫施設の火災安全のための韓日台国際セミナー」が開催されることになりました。

　日時　2024年4月24日（水）10時～15時30分
　場所　キンテックス第2展示場セミナー室（韓国 京畿道 高陽市一山）

　参加者　韓国、日本及び台湾の倉庫関係者、防火関係者セミナーの内容　
(1) 物流倉庫施設の火災状況と対応策に関する情報交流
(2) 物流倉庫施設の火災予防のための最近の技術に関する情報交流
(3) 各国の物流倉庫施設関連法令の現況と安全管理のための改善方案の模索など

このセミナーには、日本防火技術者協会から発表者として下記の２名を派遣します。
福井潔　　日本防火技術者協会理事・一級建築士事務所ＡＤＦ代表（前日建設計防災計画室長）
発表内容　大規模物流施設の火災安全設計
小林恭一　日本防火技術者協会理事（前東京理科大学火災研究所教授）
発表内容　物流施設における火災危険と被害防止対策　～日本の場合～
セミナーの状況については、参加者から後日報告する予定です。

The 20th anniversary celebration of the Japan Fire Protection Engineers Association (SFPE Japan chapter)

The 20th anniversary celebration of the Japan Fire Protection Engineers Association (SFPE Japan chapter) was successfully held at Square Kojimachi (Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku) on December 14, 2023, with 47 participants.

At the celebration, distinguished members who supported the association’s activities in its pioneering years delivered remarks reviewing the association’s history, and young members who will lead the association in the future also made remarks. Through this event, participants prayed for the future development of the association. The celebration also featured a congratulatory message from Mr. Chris Jelenewicz, CEO of SFPE Headquarters.

Group Photo

Congratulations Message for SFPE CEO Chris Jelenewicz

Site tour to the Starbucks Reserve Roastery

The site tour to Starbucks Reserve Roastery along Meguro River was held on 23th of May. About 20 people attended this tour although it was raining.
This building is a complex of roastery and caffe and a flag ship shop of each country.
This type of building was built first in Japan. Caffe space is surrounding the void space where roastery, reservoir of roasted beans, automatic conveyor pipes of coffee beans are installed. Performance based design for safe evacuation was used to realize continuous void spaces without fire compartment. As a result, the design concept as a complex of roastery and caffe is realized. This is a good example of harmonization of the design concept and fire safety design.

Participants

Inaugural greeting from the new president

Dr. Ai Sekizawa, Professor at Tokyo University of Science
President of JAFPE (The Japan Association of Fire Protection Engineers) and SFPE Japan Chapter
　　
On March 1, 2023, I was elected as the President of the Board of Directors of the Japan Association of Fire Protection Engineers (JAFPE), an NPO in Japan. At the same time, I am also responsible for the Japan Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). Learning from the excellent leadership and management skills of my predecessor, Mr. Kiyoshi Fukui, and with the cooperation of all members, I intend to make efforts for the further development of both organizations.

JAFPE celebrated its 20th anniversary this year since its establishment in June 2003. During this time, the number of members has steadily increased from less than 40 when it was first established to 157 today. We have organized various seminars and facility tours, and exchange meetings with the SFPE Asia and Oceania chapters. Also, we have been running working group activities to meet the requests of our members, such as Profession Competency of Fire Protection Engineers, Elevator Evacuation, Fire Safety for Elderly Care Facilities and Childcare Facilities, and others.

Furthermore, when the fire safety regulations of the Building Standards Act were revised, we submitted public comments as a social dissemination from a professional group of fire protection engineers in Japan.

I would like to inherit the activities and achievements so far and work towards further development in the future.

March 31, 2023