To save our lives from tsunami-Practical activities of evacuation planning and drillYoshi Abe, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
E-mail: yabe@irides.tohoku.ac.jp
Practical activities to protect human life from the tsunami

Study and practice of tsunami evacuation drills

 We have supported the tsunami evacuation planning in costal region.
 And we are working to build program of tsunami evacuation drill
corresponding to the various challenges.
 From these two sides of efforts, we have been working on the reconstructionof the evacuation measures.

 Design of various tsunami evacuation drill method that matches the local situation.

Community based planning for evacuation
 Through proactive participation and discussion of residents, we sharedevacuation rules, way of self-help and public-help..
【Workshop in Sendai City】
Around a table, we will discuss how to escape fromtsunami.
- Mapping: Evacuation area and routes- Discussion: rules, target time, by walk or by car- Materials and goods, etc.
【 Series of workshop in Kesennuma City 】
We discussed the 3-4 times of menu of workshopswith the local government, and held workshops.
1. Sharing of experiences at the time of the Great
East Japan Earthquake
2. Creating a tsunami evacuation map (evacuationroutes, area, buildings, etc.)
3. Discussion of local evacuation rule
- Target time of evacuation- Rules that call for evacuation- Preparation of emergency goods- Rules of evacuation by car- Support method of evacuation person requiringsupport, etc.
4. Town watching, route confirmation
5. Evacuation drill and check
Information and opinions that residents werediscussed, is summarized in map, and will be
distributed to residents in the future.

【Iwanuma City: by walk and using artificial structures】
The eastern district of Iwanuma is located in the Sendai plain. And,
there is no high ground around. Instead of hills, utilizing tallbuildings, the highway embankment, river embankments andbridges, residents have repeated evacuation training run up bywalk. In our laboratory, we support the evacuation drill over threeyears, we have surveyed the behavior of people to evacuate.
【Yamamoto Town: by car】
In this town, residents of near the coast have toevacuate using their car. Yamamoto town planned
evacuation drills using the car. In the drill, for many
residents and reconstruction workers evacuated by car,traffic jam has occurred in some areas. We obtained thevideo taken from a helicopter, identified the point oftraffic jam.
【“KAKEGARE! JAPAN” Project of tsunami evacuation training program development 】
IRIDeS, and some private sectors launched “KAKEAGARE! JAPAN” in September 2012
in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that caused atremendous loss of life and property. The aim of this project is to use the experienceand lessons learned from this major disaster to develop a program of tsunami
evacuation drills and create “a culture of evacuation” that habitualizes the practice ofevacuation.

For enhancement of tsunami evacuation measures
We want to build a mechanism toturn the PDCA cycle with the aim ofcontinuous improvement .
By using the research results of theprobabilistic tsunami hazard analysis,
it is expected to be able to assess
the safety of tsunami evacuation
area or building.

DPlan
津波避難計画
Evacuation Plan

Action
アクションプラン
Action Plan

津波から命と地域を守るために
To save lives& communityo
津波避難訓練Evacuation Drill

Check
地域防災力評価
Evaluation