Emergency Supply Checklist (keep for reference)
Emergency supplies to be carried in the event of an emergency
Store enough emergency supplies for you and your family and keep them in an easily retrievable place. It is
important to put them in a backpack or similar to enable immediate pick-up.

Check emergency supplies regularly.
Check emergency supplies regularly to make sure everything is ready to use. It is particularly important to check thebest-before dates of food and drinking water and the expiry dates of medicine and to replace them as needed.

If a disaster strikes, you may have to stay in an emergency shelter. In preparation for such situations, keep
emergency supplies to be taken with you when you evacuate and emergency stockpiles for post-disaster daily life.

Valuables
Cash (incl. 10-yen coins for publicphones), bankbooks, personal seal,
health insurance card, copy ofCertificate of Residence, driver’slicense, title deeds, etc.

Flashlights
One flashlight per person if possible
Spare batteries and light bulbs

Portable radio
Small light radio with AM and FM
station access and plenty of sparebatteriesEmergency food, water
Food requiring no cooking, such as
hardtack (biscuit-type bread),canned food and processed
quick-cooking rice
Water in PET bottles
Powdered milk for any infants

Helmets, padded hoods

First-aid medicine

Appropriate sizes

Plaster, salve, bandages, stomach
medicine, pain reliever, medicine
for fever, cold medicine, eye drops,
etc.
Regularly taken medication

Other daily commodities
Clothes (e.g., underwear, jackets and socks), cotton work gloves, towels, tissue paper,
wet wipes, rainwear, lighter (matches), plastic bags, sanitary napkins, paper plates/cups,chopsticks, can opener, bottle opener, candles, knives, whistle, notebook for emergency
communication, etc.

Emergency stockpiles
Food
Easy-to-cook food, such as processed
quick-cooking rice, retort food, canned
food, dried food, instant noodles, rice
cake, pickled plums, chocolate, candies,etc.

Daily commodities

Water
3 liters of water per person per day
Water for domestic use in plastic tanks orsimilar
Water in the bathtub for use inemergencies

Tools

Blankets, sleeping bags, clothes, toiletries,

Shovels, bars, saw, jack, ropes and othertoilet roll, portable toilet, disposable bodyequipment for rescue operations

warmers, dry shampoo, plastic bags,plastic wrap, pots, bucket, plastic sheets,etc.

FuelCamping stove, fuel, etc.
Spare gas cylinders

Keep emergency supplies for your family’s needs.
Emergency supply requirements depend on the family. Discuss with your family what to store.

Families with infants

Families with individuals
requiring nursing care

Families with pregnant women

Powdered milk, baby bottle, diapers, baby Absorbent cotton, gauze, bleached cotton

Diapers, tissue paper, spare aid supplies,

food, spoons, baby wipes, back baby

cloth, T bandage, cotton wipes, items forhousehold medicine and regularly takensling, bath towels or baby blankets, gauze

a new baby, maternity handbook, tissue

medication, certificate of disability, extra

or handkerchiefs, bucket, plastic bags,

paper, large plastic wrapping cloth,

clothes, etc.

soap, etc.

newspapers, soap, etc.

At emergency shelters

Precautions for staying at emergency shelters

Precautions for staying overnight in cars

It is inconvenient to live in an emergency shelter away from yourhome.

Seeking refuge in a car provides more privacy and warmth thanSome people become sick due to the stress or strain of living withothers in an unfamiliar environment.

economy-class syndrome (caused by sitting immobile in a small

an emergency shelter. However, it also involves risks such as
space for many hours) and carbon monoxide poisoning from alack of ventilation. Caution is therefore required for overnightIn times of disaster, pay attention to elderly people, children andother vulnerable individuals. People should try to help one
another so that everybody can live in comfort.

stays in a car.
To prevent economy-class syndrome:

Watch out foreconomy-classsyndrome.

Move and stretch as much as possible.



Perform foot exercises such as toe wiggling while sitting.



Drink plenty of water.

Wear loose clothes.

To prevent carbon monoxide poisoning:Open windows regularly for fresh air even if it is cold.

Park far enough away from other cars.



Use air conditioning with fresh-air intake.

*It is also important to have enough gasoline in the tank during
Hokkaido’s cold winter.

How to contact family members or check their safety
In times of disaster, telephone, Internet and other media may be unavailable for extended periods. Families areadvised to discuss in advance where to meet after a disaster, how to contact one another and how to check one
another’s safety.

Remember the NTT Disaster Emergency Message Dial (171) voice messaging service in case normal
telephone communication becomes impossible after a disaster.
The NTT Disaster Emergency Message Dial service (171)
NTT Disaster Emergency Message
Dial (171)- To record a message

allows people to leave messages for family members andfriends to confirm safety. The service is available for

171 + 1 + your home

practice usage on the first day of each month as well as

telephone number, etc.
- To replay a message

during Disaster Prevention and Volunteer Week (January 15

171 + 2 + your home– 21) and Disaster Reduction Week (August 30 – September

telephone number, etc.

5). The service is easy to use – just dial 171 and follow theIn addition, the Disaster Broadband Message
Board and mobile phone carriers’ disastermessage services are also available.

voice prompts.

The Disaster Broadband Message Board (Web 171) andmobile phone carriers’ disaster message services are alsoavailable. Please check how to record and play backmessages in advance.
(Links to relevant sites)[Websites for information on disaster management and emergency medical services] Hokkaido Disaster Prevention Information(English, traditional/simplified Chinese, Korean and Russian)
URL: http://www.bousai-hokkaido.jp/
Hokkaido Emergency Care/Regional Disaster Information System(English only)
URL: http://www.qq.pref.hokkaido.jp/qq/qq01fnlgsp.asp[Multilingual information website] NHK World
Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, French, Hindi, Indonesian,(17 languages) Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili,Thai, Urdu and Vietnamese

URL: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/