The Fire and Disaster Management Agency has decided to introduce water jet cutters to help carve through debris and rescue accident victims without the risk of sparks starting a fire, it has been learned.
One of the water cutter trucks that the agency will use was displayed to reporters in Tokyo in a demonstration on Jan. 17. The cutters operate by combining a high-pressure blast of water with sand, and can make a 1.5-centimeter cut through a 2-centimeter-thick steel plate in just one minute.
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