Large-Scale Disaster Response Manual(For Students)

April 2015

– Basic Concepts for the Creation of the Large-Scale Disaster Response Manual –The “Disaster Prevention Manual” has been reviewed from the perspective ofensuring the safety of students, faculty and staff members, etc., and performing crisis
management in line with the University’s social responsibility. This is due to the extremely
high probability of continuous seismic activity in the Tokai, Tonankai and Nankai regions andoccurrence of a major earthquake along the far reaching Nankai Trough fault, and the lessons
learned from Japan’s largest inland earthquake, the Nobi Earthquake and more recently, thewide-spread devastation caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake. In reviewing the manual,attention has been paid to the fact that the manual was not systematic, and that the anticipateddamage was not on a large-scale level. The purpose of the improvement was to simplify therequired conduct in order to implement our basic responsibility regarding education, research
and medical care at the University.

Disasters Preparedness○ Learn about disaster prevention beforehand.
○ Check where evacuation routes and shelters are beforehand.
○ Check information networks beforehand.
○ Prepare for situations where it will be difficult to return home
beforehand.

○ Lean about hazard prevention beforehand.
○ Memorize first-aid methods beforehand.
○ Always participate in disaster drills beforehand.

1Safe Action Manual
1. Individual action

Everyday preparedness
Always keep the area under your desk and your personal surroundings in a clean and tidy state inorder to ensure that there are no obstacles at the time of an earthquake.

Immediately Before an Earthquake
When an Earthquake Early Warning is issued, inform those around you and prepare to protect
yourself!
Eliminate all sources of fire. Retreat to a safe area, hide under a desk, etc.

At the Start of an Earthquake
1. Always protect yourself!
Move away from bookshelves and cabinets, hide under a table.
2. Quickly eliminate all sources of fire!
Gas valve, electrical outlets, lab equipment.
3. Secure emergency exits!
Persons near doors, etc. who are able to do so should open them.
*For specific examples of how to respond, see the following page.

After an Earthquake
1. Check for sources of fire!
If you discover a fire, calmly take initial measures to put it out.
2. Confirm the safety of others in the room!
Confirm no one is trapped under a fallen bookcase, etc. and provide aid if necessary (call forrescue or help).
3. Turn off lab equipment, etc.!
4. Help people in nearby rooms!
Check for people trapped by fallen bookshelves, etc. in other rooms and provide aid if necessary(call for rescue or help).
5. Be careful of aftershocks!
Until it is determined there is no risk of the building collapsing due to aftershocks, leave thebuilding and proceed to the nearest primary evacuation shelter (see Exhibit 1, Exhibit 1-2). At
such time, evacuate with the emergency supplies (helmet, loudspeaker).
6. Afterwards, proceed to a secondary evacuation shelter (i.e., Gymnasium, Japanese Martial Arts
Gymnasium, Outdoor Sports Facilities) (see Exhibit 1, Exhibit 1-2) in accordance with instructions
from the Disaster Response Office.
(Note)○ Be prepared for outages such as power failures and water stoppages in performing initial fire
extinction (fire extinction for self-protection).
• Perform fire extinguishing activities using fire extinguishers. (Do not take risks and promptly seek
shelter if fire is too strong.)2

2. Response to Specific Situations
On Campus<During Class>(1) If you sense an earthquake, hide under a desk or lab bench and protect your head with a bag orcoat.
(2) When the earthquake stops, proceed to the nearest primary evacuation shelter.
<When Listening to a Lecture in Lecture Hall or Auditorium>(1) If you sense an earthquake, first crouch between chairs and protect your head with a bag or coat.
(2) When the earthquake stops, proceed to the nearest primary evacuation shelter.
<During an Experiment>(1) If you sense an earthquake, first move to a safe area.
(2) When the earthquake stops, stop the experiment, deal with any fires, and proceed to the nearest
primary evacuation shelter.
<While Moving Around Campus>(1) If you sense an earthquake, be aware of everything around, above, and below you, watching out
for falling glass, etc., and move to the safest place you can find nearby.
(2) When the earthquake stops, proceed to the nearest primary evacuation shelter.
<In an Elevator>(1) If the elevator stops at the nearest floor, use the stairs to evacuate (to a safe area).
(2) If you become trapped in the elevator, use the interphone (connected to the Faculty
Administration Office, etc.) or extension telephone (connected to the Guard’s Room) and wait
for help (interphones and extension telephones are equipped with emergency batteries; they will
work up to eight hours after a power outage as long as they have not been damaged).
If you are unable to get help using an interphone or extension telephone, call for help in a loudvoice.
(3) If someone is trapped in an elevator, contact the Facility Survey Group.
(4) After you exit the elevator, proceed to the nearest primary evacuation shelter.
<In a Student Dormitory>(1) Basically similar to when in a classroom, do not run outside; hide under a desk, etc. until theearthquake stops.
(2) When the earthquake stops, proceed to the nearest primary evacuation shelter.

3In an Elevator (Flowchart)

Earthquake

Power Outage

Stops between floors

Stop at the nearest floor• Use the interphone (connected to Faculty Administration Office, etc.)or• Use the extension telephone (connected to the Guard’s Room)(Phones will operate up to eight hours from a power outage ifthey are not damaged [equipped with emergency battery])

Person outside the elevator
Able to use phone

Unable to use phone

Discovery

Shout for help

Able to rescue

Not able to rescue

Wait for rescue

Contact

Disaster Response Office,Facility Survey Group(Facility & EnvironmentalAffairs Department)
RescueProceed to nearest primary evacuation shelter4Safety Confirmation System
1. Purpose
To implement a system that automatically contacts and verifies the safety of all University staff
members and students in the case of a large-scale disaster for the purpose of quickly ascertaining
the safety of students, faculty and staff members and promptly recommencing University
operations.
Faculty and staff members/Students
Weather information
coordination
Transmission of coordinated weather
information• Earthquake information
Disaster• Weather information• Tsunami information• Alerts/Warning information• Typhoon information

Email transmission byweather

information

coordinationEmail transmission by
the administrator■受信メ ール■06/03/15 10:30■an p i@ ●●●.com■[0806001]安否確認---------------------安否確認一斉点呼です。
下記項目を 選択し返信し てく ださ い。
あ： 無事
か： 負傷
さ ： その他

Administrator

1:Safe2:Slightly injured
3:Seriously injured

System center
メールで回答Automatedtallying

Safety(status)
reply【１文字返信】
Enter the “1” inthe body of themessage

Safety (status) confirmation

This system utilizes the “Emergency Contact and Safety Confirmation Service” provided by
Fujitsu Limited. It verifies the safety of individuals in real time by automatically transmitting
emails at the time of a disaster and receiving confirmation from the receiver and tallies
information for each organization.

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2. Operation of the Safety Confirmation System(1) Transmission of safety confirmation emails(i) Automatic transmission of safety confirmation emails in coordination with the Japan
Weather Association’s weather information(The administrator can set the conditions under which the emails are transmitted, such as
the seismic intensity and the epicenter of an earthquake.)(ii) Manual email transmission is also possible for the purpose of safety confirmation drills,etc.
Content of safety confirmation emails
Subject: [XXXXXXXX-X] Safety Confirmation Drill
From: anpi-gidai@ems8.e-ansin.com
To Mr./Ms. _________:[THIS IS A DRILL.]As an Emergency Drill, Gifu University is sending an emergency email message to all staff
through the registered email addresses under the assumption that an earthquake with seismic
intensity of 5+ or greater hit Gifu Prefecture.
Please respond by replying to this email about your safety status.
This message is from Gifu University Disaster Response Office. An earthquake occurred.
Please respond to this email to confirm your safety. When replying, enter the code (number)for Q1 and Q2 on the first line in the body of the message.
If you would like to add a comment about your safety or location, enter that after the code forQ1 and Q2.
(Please do not change the subject name of this email.)----------Q1:
1:Safe2:Slightly injured
3:Seriously injured
Q2:
4:On Campus
5:at home
6:Other
Please act in accordance with the disaster prevention manual and stay on alert.
----Earthquake occurred on Month Date, at Time.
[The epicenter of the earthquake]
The epicenter was the south of _____, at a depth of __ kilometers, magnitude __.
[Information on Seismic Intensity at each site]●Seismic Intensity of 5+
-----

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(2) How to reply to safety confirmation emails(i) The receiver confirms the content of the sent safety confirmation email and replies with theirstatus.
(ii) Replies are made by input of only two digits such as “14” (safe in the University) or “25” (athome with minor injury), etc.
* Reason for replying by email• Replying by email using a small amount of digits is the easiest method of reply at the timeof a disaster.
• Communications traffic can be minimized and there is less impact caused by information
congestion at the time of a disaster.
(3) Safety confirmation and tallying(i) Possible to verify the safety of the individuals(ii) The results of replies from students, faculty and staff members are automatically collected andtallied in real time at the faculty level.
(iii) The administrator can access the tallied results either on the webpage or mobile phone screen.
* See Exhibit 5-5 for how to register individual mobile phone email addresses on the Safety
Confirmation System.

7(Exhibit 1)
Evacuation Shelters in the University
1. Primary Evacuation Shelters (4 Locations)• Central Administration Office Building North Lawn
• Faculty of Education Building North Lawn
• School of Medicine Education and Supporting Services Building East Lawn (Hospital Park)• Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences Building South Lawn
2. Secondary Evacuation Shelters (3 Locations)• Gymnasium• Japanese Martial Arts Gymnasium• Outdoor Sports facilities (Athletic Field, Baseball Field, Rugby Field, Soccer Field)* • The above facilities are open to residents as an evacuation shelter pursuant to the Memorandumon the Opening of the Facilities at the Time of Disasters (September 2008) executed between
Gifu City and the University.
• If Yanagido Bridge cannot be accessed, head toward the secondary evacuation shelters via
agricultural road on the north side of the University.

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9(Exhibit 1‐2)

(Exhibit 2)

Earthquake Survival Manual (Students)
Earthquake

Follow the instructions in the Disaster Survival ManualOff campus
Where areyou?

On campus

Check fire, electricalsources
Turn off lab equipment

Less

More/less than
5 upper seismic
intensity?

Proceed as
normalMore

Follow the instructions in the Safety
Confirmation and Damage Assessment
ManualTeachers, etc.

(Notify university as to your safety and location)(Include information on friends if known)(i) Reply to System center safety confirmation
email(ii) Inform university of state of damage

Student Support
Division
Student Affairs Section

Subcontract
Evacuation
instructions
fromuniversity?

NoSystem center(safetyconfirmation)

Proceed as
normalYes

Move to evacuation shelter
Report status using the Safety
Confirmation Card

Able/not able
to return home?

Wait for instructions wherever
you have taken shelter

Able

Follow university
instructions and return home

Not able

Follow university
instructions and wait at
the on campus
evacuation shelter

When returning home or evacuating to alocation different from what you previously
reported, re-report the location you are
moving to10University’s
Disaster
Response Office(Student SurveyGroup)

Re-report
whenever there is
new information,such as the statusof a friend or
moving to a newlocation