Flood Guard, developed by a manufacturer in Hyogo, was formally adopted by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority in Metro Manila, Philippines, and the company supplied a total of 3,280 units. The product was deployed in July as a flood-control measure along EDSA.
Flood Guard, a simple flood barrier developed by Japan’s フジ鋼業, has been formally adopted by the Philippine government agency Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The equipment deployed was the FZ100, which is approximately 100 centimeters high, and the company supplied a total of 3,280 units.
Flood Guard is designed to be installed without construction work or tools, and multiple panels can be connected together. The company says the barriers can be transported to areas where they are needed and installed quickly when torrential rain is expected. The product has been covered in an official local announcement and by Japanese media.
The adoption comes against a backdrop of increasingly serious urban flooding caused by torrential rain and typhoons in the Philippines. President Fujii Kengo (藤井 健吾) said the product was formally adopted after he repeatedly proposed it to local stakeholders and conducted demonstration tests.
The company began developing disaster-prevention products after Typhoon No. 19 in 2019. Following a period of handling Chinese-made products, it shifted to developing its own products and has since continued to improve and promote them.