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Shohei BENIYA

Associate Professor, Kobe University

Research Fellow, DRI

Three things foreign residents in Kobe

should know against disasters

1 ． What is your major risk ?Risks are depend on your

situation

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What are your major risks ? - Number of death per a year

What are your major risks ? - Number of death per a year

E: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 About 5,000

D: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　About 2,000

B: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　About 300

F: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　About 30,000

C: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　About 600

A: 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　About 200

Traffic accidents

Fire

Sea or river bathing

Suicide

Murder

Accidents in mountain

How about natural disaster ? - Number of death per a year

Thunder 4 per a year

Flood, sediment disaster About 70 per a year

Snow disaster About 40 per a year

Earthquake About 6,500 per over 100 years ?

Tsunami About 20,000 per 100-1000 years ?

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Why did people die by a natural disaster ?At the Kanto Earthquake in 1923,

90% of death were by burn death

At the East Japan Earthquake in 2011,

90% of death were by drowning death

At the Nigata Chuetsu Earthquake in 2004,

75% of death were “Indirect death”

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At the Hanshin Awaji Earthquake in 1995,

80% of death were by crash of houses

Where do you live or work ?If you live/work in Kobe or Hanshin area,

• Small tsunami risk• Big risk of flood, high tide, and sediment

disaster

If you live/work in strong houses and fixed the furniture,• Decrease earthquake damage risk• Lack of food and water, bad environment risk

If you live/work far from big river,

• Small flood risk• But 80% of flood death occurred out of houses7

When and Where will you meet the disaster ?

If you will be elder,Two third of death are elderly people.

If you walk the street,Stone wall or outer wall are dangerous.

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For Example;

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Who rescues you from crashed houses ?In the case of the Hanshin Awaji Earthquake

35 % were rescued by themselves

32 % were rescued by their families

28 % were by friends or neighbors

1% were by others

3% were by the people passed by

chance

2% were by rescue team

like police, fire fighter etc

2 ． What should we prepare ?Stockpile and Communication

tools

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Stockpiles of foods and daily goods• After a great earthquake, foods and daily goods will be

wiped out from stores over 1 week.

• We should have over 1 week’s stockpiles in case of a Great Nankai Earthquake.

List example of stockpiles– Water, foods, snack, portable water filter

– Can, retort pouch food, vegetable juice or fruit juice

– A portable toilet kit, tissue, plastic bag, sandal

– Drug, medical kit, Spare eye glasses

– Radio with flashlight, portable gas burner

– List of contact information, telephone number

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Effective communication tools

1) Disaster emergency message dial (171) with public phone

2) Disaster message board with mobile phone

3) E-mail, SNS, other web service with mobile phone or smart phone

Outside24housr

Outsidedaytime

Inside24hours

Insidedaytime

Place of public phone can be searched by NTT webpage.

You may need coin to use a green public phone.

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Disaster emergency message dial Disaster Prevention Handbook ： Protect Yourself from Earthquakes by Tokushima prefectural international exchange association

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Disaster message board

Disaster Prevention Handbook ： Protect Yourself from Earthquakes by Tokushima prefectural international exchange association

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Collection of Information 1) Email service from local government: Area mail and Earthquake Early Warning

with mobile phone or smart phone

2) Sings

3) One-segment broadcasting TV with mobile phone or smart phone

4) Radio

5) E-mail, SNS, other web service with mobile phone or smart phone

6) Word-of-mouth communication and rumor has many misunderstanding !

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Area mail and Earthquake Early Warning• Area mail ( and Earthquake Early Warning) is a warning system using e-mail

system of mobile phone or smart phone.– Flood : Evacuation recommendation– Earthquake : Earthquake Early Warning

• One way communication tool like broadcast.• Very useful system but Japanese language only !

Signs

Disaster Prevention Handbook ： Protect Yourself from Earthquakes by Tokushima prefectural international exchange association

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3 ． How do we get more information ?

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Useful links for foreign residents • Disaster Prevention Handbook ：Protect Yourself from Earthquakes by Tokushima prefectural international exchange association

– http://www.clair.or.jp/j/multiculture/docs/tokushima_bosaihandbook.pdf• Disaster Prevention Guide for Children and Parents: 10 points to protect your family !

– by Hyogo International Association– http://www.hyogo-ip.or.jp/mtss/bogo/

• Disaster Prevention Handbook• Disaster Prevention Card

– both are by Kobe International Center for Cooperation and Communication– http://www.kicc.jp/other/index_en.html

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• List for stockpiles by DRI Newest version is only in Japanese language at webpage. (Former version is available in English at DRI)– http://www.dri.ne.jp/download/

• The Disaster Prevention Handbook for Foreigners– By Fukuoka Prefecture– http://www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp/uploaded/life/68/68696_14597198_misc.pdf

• Earthquake Survival Manual– By Tokyo Metropolitan Government– http://www.seikatubunka.metro.tokyo.jp/index3files/survivalmanual.pdf

Thanks for your attention !

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