How to prepare an emergency bag and emergency reserve supplies

23年3月30日「非常持ち出し品・備蓄品」のビデオ。災害が起こった時には、「自分の命は自分で守る」ことが基本です。そのためにも、避難する時に避難中に必要な物を持っていくための「非常持ち出し品」と、被災直後の生活に必要な「備蓄品」を、家で準備しておきましょう。

2011/03/30 Wednesday Disaster Preparedness

We can never predict when landslides or floods caused by disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons or heavy rainfall will occur. Fundamentally, if a natural disaster were to occur you will be responsible for your own safety. We strongly recommend that you prepare an emergency bag and emergency reserve supplies at your home, in order to be able to protect yourself and your family during a disaster and to be able to survive throughout the evacuation period.

We recommend to start preparing an emergency bag and emergency reserve supply, to aid and support yourself and your family during evacuations. Finally, remember to do regular checks on the contents in the emergency bag and the reserve supply and replace any expired food, batteries or beverages.

Earthquake prevention: secure furnitures

2011/03/30 Wednesday Disaster Preparedness

防災についてビデオ 「家具の固定」

Earthquakes can cause furniture to move, and in some cases, fall and cause injury or death. In general, earthquakes with a JMA seismic intensity of 5 or greater will cause items to fall from shelves. Earthquakes with an intensity of 6 or greater will cause unsecured furniture to move or fall over. It is important to properly secure the furniture in your home to prevent these types of deaths in the event of an earthquake.

In order to minimize damage in the event of an earthquake, we must all take steps to secure the furniture in our homes. Securing the furniture in your house is one of the first steps you can take to protect yourself and your family from earthquakes. We hope that the information that we presented today will help you better earthquake proof your house.

For more information on how to secure your furniture, please read the Disaster Preparedness Handbooks and other disaster-related materials published by the prefecture and local governments.