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Be aware of disaster prevention in daily life.
Trivial customs in everyday life may have negative effects and increase the damage. Small consideration as listed below can prevent disasters and expansion of damages.
-Tidy up your house and surroundings on a routine basis.
-Put light things in the upper part of a shelf and heavy things in the lower part.
-Turn off the gas at the main valve every day. Never keep pilot burners of gas appliances on.
-Never leave the kitchen when a stove burner is on, especially when you are frying.
-Put out fire when you leave the place.
-Unplug the electric heater every time you finish using.
-Never smoke in bed.
It is important to start disaster prevention voluntarily at home and to raise awareness in the neighborhood and community association. Cooperation by each citizen is said to minimize the disaster. It is important to maintain relations with neighborhood on daily basis to be able to act without panic in any situation.
Trivial customs in everyday life may have negative effects and increase the damage. Small consideration as listed below can prevent disasters and expansion of damages.
-Tidy up your house and surroundings on a routine basis.
-Put light things in the upper part of a shelf and heavy things in the lower part.
-Turn off the gas at the main valve every day. Never keep pilot burners of gas appliances on.
-Never leave the kitchen when a stove burner is on, especially when you are frying.
-Put out fire when you leave the place.
-Unplug the electric heater every time you finish using.
-Never smoke in bed.
It is important to start disaster prevention voluntarily at home and to raise awareness in the neighborhood and community association. Cooperation by each citizen is said to minimize the disaster. It is important to maintain relations with neighborhood on daily basis to be able to act without panic in any situation.
What to wear when evacuating:
-Protect your head by wearing a helmet or a special hood made for disasters.
-Wear sports shoes that are comfortable, easy to move, and have thick soles.
-Cover your skin by wearing long-sleeved clothes and long trousers.
-Wear gloves such as cotton work gloves for safety.
-Put baggage in a backpack. Don’t carry baggage in hand.
-Attach identification tags on the clothes of elderly people and children.
Check the evacuation route and the evacuation center in advance.
When evacuating, evacuate with neighbors orderly to the specified evacuation center.
-Protect your head by wearing a helmet or a special hood made for disasters.
-Wear sports shoes that are comfortable, easy to move, and have thick soles.
-Cover your skin by wearing long-sleeved clothes and long trousers.
-Wear gloves such as cotton work gloves for safety.
-Put baggage in a backpack. Don’t carry baggage in hand.
-Attach identification tags on the clothes of elderly people and children.
Check the evacuation route and the evacuation center in advance.
When evacuating, evacuate with neighbors orderly to the specified evacuation center.
Stockpiles for emergency
Store items listed below enough to survive for at least 3 days (5 days is preferable) before disaster recovery. Store them where they are insusceptible to damages and easy to bring out.
-Emergency food (edible without cooking or with minimum cooking)
-Drinking water (approximately 3 liter per person per day)
-Polyethylene container
-Flashlight (large enough to be used as a lighting apparatus)
-Spare batteries
-Outdoor table set
-Solid fuel or tabletop stove (prepare sufficient gas canisters)
-Commodities (toiletry kits, tissue paper, toilet paper, plastic wrap, soap, shampoo, etc)
-Blanket
-Plastic bags, plastic sheets
-Portable toilets
-Stationery (writing utensils and scotch tapes)
Things to take with you in an emergency
Minimum commodities you should take with you when you evacuate are listed below. Try not to be greedy. Men can carry roughly 15 kg and women 10 kg as a standard. Put baggage in a backpack so that it will be easy to carry.
-Portable radio (small size FM/AM radio)
-Flashlight, candle
-Spare batteries
-Helmet
-Emergency food (portable and edible without cooking that will satisfy your appetite)
-Drinking water (mineral water, etc)
-Lighter, match
-Knife, can opener, bottle opener
-Tissue paper, moist towelettes
-Plastic bags
-Baby items
-Clothings
-Rain gear
-Handkerchiefs, towels
-Sanitary goods
-First aid kit, regular medicine
Store items listed below enough to survive for at least 3 days (5 days is preferable) before disaster recovery. Store them where they are insusceptible to damages and easy to bring out.
-Emergency food (edible without cooking or with minimum cooking)
-Drinking water (approximately 3 liter per person per day)
-Polyethylene container
-Flashlight (large enough to be used as a lighting apparatus)
-Spare batteries
-Outdoor table set
-Solid fuel or tabletop stove (prepare sufficient gas canisters)
-Commodities (toiletry kits, tissue paper, toilet paper, plastic wrap, soap, shampoo, etc)
-Blanket
-Plastic bags, plastic sheets
-Portable toilets
-Stationery (writing utensils and scotch tapes)
Things to take with you in an emergency
Minimum commodities you should take with you when you evacuate are listed below. Try not to be greedy. Men can carry roughly 15 kg and women 10 kg as a standard. Put baggage in a backpack so that it will be easy to carry.
-Portable radio (small size FM/AM radio)
-Flashlight, candle
-Spare batteries
-Helmet
-Emergency food (portable and edible without cooking that will satisfy your appetite)
-Drinking water (mineral water, etc)
-Lighter, match
-Knife, can opener, bottle opener
-Tissue paper, moist towelettes
-Plastic bags
-Baby items
-Clothings
-Rain gear
-Handkerchiefs, towels
-Sanitary goods
-First aid kit, regular medicine
- Prepare emergency stock sufficient for at least 3 days at homes and offices. Food, drinking water, batteries, and pharmaceutical products must be checked regularly. If the validity dates have expired, exchange the products. It is useful to keep the record of exchanges for future checkups.
When a fire occurs, what should be done?
Let the neighbors know that a fire broke out.
Never try to extinguish a fire alone. Shout out “Fire! (Kaji da!)” to let the neighbors know, and seek for help. Call for a fire department (dial 119), then try your best to put out the fire.
Extinguish a fire immediately.
The first 3 minutes after a fire breaks out is critical. A fire can be put out at this stage. You can extinguish a fire with water and a fire extinguisher, as well as by smacking a fire with a cushion (zabuton) or by covering a fire with a blanket.
Evacuate from the site soon.
If a fire reaches the ceiling, it cannot be extinguished by ordinary people. Close the door of the room, call out the family, and leave the place as soon as possible.
Let the neighbors know that a fire broke out.
Never try to extinguish a fire alone. Shout out “Fire! (Kaji da!)” to let the neighbors know, and seek for help. Call for a fire department (dial 119), then try your best to put out the fire.
Extinguish a fire immediately.
The first 3 minutes after a fire breaks out is critical. A fire can be put out at this stage. You can extinguish a fire with water and a fire extinguisher, as well as by smacking a fire with a cushion (zabuton) or by covering a fire with a blanket.
Evacuate from the site soon.
If a fire reaches the ceiling, it cannot be extinguished by ordinary people. Close the door of the room, call out the family, and leave the place as soon as possible.
-Don’t leave the kitchen when a stove burner is on.
-Don’t litter cigarettes. Never smoke in bed.
-Don’t leave combustible materials around your house.
-Don’t let your children use a match or a lighter.
-Don’t put flammable items close to a heater.
-Don’t boil dry the bathtub.
-Don’t light a bonfire when it is windy.
-Always be alert. Be prepared for fire extinction.
-Don’t litter cigarettes. Never smoke in bed.
-Don’t leave combustible materials around your house.
-Don’t let your children use a match or a lighter.
-Don’t put flammable items close to a heater.
-Don’t boil dry the bathtub.
-Don’t light a bonfire when it is windy.
-Always be alert. Be prepared for fire extinction.
1. First, ensure your safety!
When you notice tremors, find shelter under a table or a desk, etc. When the shaking is very strong, protect your head with a cushion etc.
2. Take immediate actions to prevent a fire!
Turn off gas appliances and heating appliances at the main immediately when you feel tremors. Unplug electric appliances.
3. Stay calm and secure a way to evacuate the premises!
Open the doors to rooms and the entrance of the house to secure a way to evacuate the premises. Don’t rush outside because you may be injured by falling objects. Stay calm when you move.
4. When a fire breaks out, put it out immediately!
When a fire occurs, try to put it out immediately. Shout out “Fire! (Kaji da!)” to let the neighbors know, and seek for help.
5. Be careful of landslides!
Earthquakes may cause landslides when the ground is soft. If you are near a cliff or in a mountain, observe your surroundings carefully, and evacuate when you feel danger.
6. Avoid taking routes through narrow lanes and riversides!
Stay away from narrow lanes because objects such as roof tiles may fall and brick and stone walls may fall down. You should also stay away from riversides because grounds may collapse.
7. Take minimum luggage, and evacuate on foot!
When you evacuate, take the minimum amount of luggage so that it will allow you easy mobility. Take wide streets to go to the evacuation site.
8. Collect accurate information!
Watch the news on TV and listen to the radio to stay correctly informed. Don’t be mislead by false rumors. Stay calm and act based on accurate information.
9. Cooperate with each other to take first-aid measures!
Call out to your neighbors each other to make sure of each other's safety. Cooperate with each other to take first-aid measures for minor injuries.
When you notice tremors, find shelter under a table or a desk, etc. When the shaking is very strong, protect your head with a cushion etc.
2. Take immediate actions to prevent a fire!
Turn off gas appliances and heating appliances at the main immediately when you feel tremors. Unplug electric appliances.
3. Stay calm and secure a way to evacuate the premises!
Open the doors to rooms and the entrance of the house to secure a way to evacuate the premises. Don’t rush outside because you may be injured by falling objects. Stay calm when you move.
4. When a fire breaks out, put it out immediately!
When a fire occurs, try to put it out immediately. Shout out “Fire! (Kaji da!)” to let the neighbors know, and seek for help.
5. Be careful of landslides!
Earthquakes may cause landslides when the ground is soft. If you are near a cliff or in a mountain, observe your surroundings carefully, and evacuate when you feel danger.
6. Avoid taking routes through narrow lanes and riversides!
Stay away from narrow lanes because objects such as roof tiles may fall and brick and stone walls may fall down. You should also stay away from riversides because grounds may collapse.
7. Take minimum luggage, and evacuate on foot!
When you evacuate, take the minimum amount of luggage so that it will allow you easy mobility. Take wide streets to go to the evacuation site.
8. Collect accurate information!
Watch the news on TV and listen to the radio to stay correctly informed. Don’t be mislead by false rumors. Stay calm and act based on accurate information.
9. Cooperate with each other to take first-aid measures!
Call out to your neighbors each other to make sure of each other's safety. Cooperate with each other to take first-aid measures for minor injuries.
Important points to bear in mind when the quake ceases:
-Don’t enter the damaged house.
-Make sure gas appliances and heating appliances are properly taken care of.
-Check for electrical leakage and gas leakage.
-Be prepared for aftershocks.
-Collect information about the disaster.
-Don’t enter the damaged house.
-Make sure gas appliances and heating appliances are properly taken care of.
-Check for electrical leakage and gas leakage.
-Be prepared for aftershocks.
-Collect information about the disaster.
Furniture and electric appliances can be a deadly weapon.
-Apply furniture restraints to keep them from falling. Also, attach shatter resistant films on the glass of sideboards and cabinets.
-In order to secure safety, make every possible effort not to place furniture in the bedroom or the room where children and elderly people stay.
-Apply furniture restraints to keep them from falling. Also, attach shatter resistant films on the glass of sideboards and cabinets.
-In order to secure safety, make every possible effort not to place furniture in the bedroom or the room where children and elderly people stay.
-Strengthen block walls, stonewalls, and gateposts if they don’t have solid substructure foundation underground or are not reinforced.
-Fasten compressed gas cylinder with double chain to prevent from falling.
-Fix the loose antenna and loose tiles on the roof.
-Fasten compressed gas cylinder with double chain to prevent from falling.
-Fix the loose antenna and loose tiles on the roof.
What should be done when a typhoon or heavy rain is coming to your area?
Check and repair well in advance.
If there are damaged parts on the roof, the gutter, windows, or the exterior walls, repair them beforehand. Objects on the veranda that are easy to be blown away should be kept inside the house.
Check weather information frequently.
Typhoons and other windstorms or heavy rains are easy to forecast the courses and the power. Gather correct information through radio and TV news.
Be prepared for evacuation.
If you notice that a weather caution (chuiho) or a warning (keiho) of heavy rain (oame) or a storm (bofu) has been issued, prepare things to take with you in an emergency. Flashlight, and portable radio should also be prepared in case the power goes down.
Check and repair well in advance.
If there are damaged parts on the roof, the gutter, windows, or the exterior walls, repair them beforehand. Objects on the veranda that are easy to be blown away should be kept inside the house.
Check weather information frequently.
Typhoons and other windstorms or heavy rains are easy to forecast the courses and the power. Gather correct information through radio and TV news.
Be prepared for evacuation.
If you notice that a weather caution (chuiho) or a warning (keiho) of heavy rain (oame) or a storm (bofu) has been issued, prepare things to take with you in an emergency. Flashlight, and portable radio should also be prepared in case the power goes down.
How deep can water be in order to walk?
If the water is waist-deep, it is impossible to walk. To be able to walk, water must be below the waist.
What kind of footwear should one wear?
Wear comfortable sports shoes.
What can be done to avoid separation?
Tie each other with a rope when you evacuate.
A long stick will be useful.
With a long stick, you can confirm safety when walking.
Ensure the safety of children and the elderly people.
Carry the disabled, the aged, or a child on your back when evacuating.
Pay attention to the surroundings.
Pay enough attention to the surroundings when you evacuate.
If the water is waist-deep, it is impossible to walk. To be able to walk, water must be below the waist.
What kind of footwear should one wear?
Wear comfortable sports shoes.
What can be done to avoid separation?
Tie each other with a rope when you evacuate.
A long stick will be useful.
With a long stick, you can confirm safety when walking.
Ensure the safety of children and the elderly people.
Carry the disabled, the aged, or a child on your back when evacuating.
Pay attention to the surroundings.
Pay enough attention to the surroundings when you evacuate.
-When you hear a cracking sound of wood or tumbling down of stones.
-When the water level lowers in spite of the continuous rain.
-When the current is suddenly roiled or driftwood started to appear.
-When cracks appear in a cliff or on the earth.
-When water suddenly springs from a cliff.
-When a cliff starts to collapse or stones start to fall down.
-When the earth start to rise or cave in suddenly.
-When a stone wall or a retaining wall cracks or is out of alignment.
-When the water level lowers in spite of the continuous rain.
-When the current is suddenly roiled or driftwood started to appear.
-When cracks appear in a cliff or on the earth.
-When water suddenly springs from a cliff.
-When a cliff starts to collapse or stones start to fall down.
-When the earth start to rise or cave in suddenly.
-When a stone wall or a retaining wall cracks or is out of alignment.