"Let's do something." That one phrase moves the future. "Day 7 / 100"
Yobodan 100-Day Consecutive Posting Challenge "Day 7 / 100"
🌱 Today's Seed 007
"Let's do something." That one phrase moves the future.
In the past, as a government employee, I was someone who felt very strongly that I "must be a guardian of the law."
Upholding the Fire Service Act.
Providing guidance based on the law.
I thought that was my role.
Of course, I still value that idea today.
But back then, that was "all" there was.
"You don't understand the field."
"Why can't you be more flexible?"
I would sometimes receive comments like that.
"Is this really okay?"
Around the time I started having such doubts, I challenged myself to obtain the Fire Defense Equipment Officer qualification.
I want to know more about fire defense equipment.
I want to know more about the field.
It's wrong to provide guidance without knowing.
That is how I started to think.
When I started studying, there were so many things I didn't know.
Honestly,
"I can't believe I was providing guidance to fire defense equipment officers in this state..."
I reflected on myself.
So, I will learn more.
I will know more about the field.
It was when I was thinking and acting like that.
Basketball, which I continued as a hobby.
It was when I participated in the XX City Tournament.
When I looked at the opposing team,
"Huh?"
It was a fire defense equipment officer I had met during a fire inspection.
And what's more,
we were matched up.
At halftime, we both realized it.
"Could it be... the one from that time?"
After the game ended, due to the surprise of our reunion, we ended up talking.
About the fire industry.
About ways of thinking as a fire defense equipment officer.
And,
firefighters and fire defense equipment officers should communicate more and learn about each other's work and ways of thinking.
We talked about things like that.
Normally,
"Let's play basketball again sometime."
That's how the conversation would end.
But we were different.
"Let's do something."
What started from that one phrase was the LINE Open Chat "Fire Defense Equipment Officer WEB Study Group."
The small study group that started online later developed into a meeting called "Yogibo," an offline study group where firefighters and fire defense equipment officers actually meet face-to-face to learn from each other.
At Yogibo,
what firefighters feel in the field.
What fire defense equipment officers feel at construction and inspection sites.
We brought together worries and thoughts that we couldn't easily talk about usually, and discussed them honestly.
It is not a place to decide on the correct answer.
"What should we do to make it better?"
It was a place to think about that answer together.
Talk beyond positions and know each other.
Yogibo became such a place for communication.
And this fire defense equipment officer I met through basketball was,
the encounter with Mr. Aoki, who would later become the co-representative of Yobodan.
The stimulation I received from Mr. Aoki, who works for a private company, through the Fire Defense Equipment Officer WEB Study Group and Yogibo, was truly significant.
Sense of speed.
Ability to generate ideas.
Ability to take action.
And above all,
the attitude of "Let's try it first."
For me, who had only been in the world of firefighting, all of these were fresh.
Every time people learn about a world they don't know, they can grow.
The learning from this time is still the origin of Yobodan today.
Looking back now, the beginning of Yobodan is not the day we established the corporation.
Beyond the positions of firefighter and fire defense equipment officer,
"Let's do something."
I think it started from the day we were able to say that to each other.
🌱 Today's Seed 007
"Let's do something." That one phrase moves the future.
Do not make disaster prevention the protagonist.
The "people" who build the community are the protagonists.
Community development is the strongest disaster prevention.
Next time preview
Day 8
"It wasn't a disaster prevention expert who changed disaster prevention."
Disaster volunteer for the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
The man I met there would once again greatly change the way of thinking of Yobodan.
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