To coincide with the 13th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, a drill was held in front of Kichijoji Station in Musashino City, Tokyo, to guide people unable to return home to "temporary accommodation facilities."
Learning from the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake, in which more than 2,000 people were unable to return home, the drill is held every year by a countermeasures council formed in local shopping districts, and this year approximately 130 people participated.
The drill was conducted under the assumption that an earthquake directly struck the capital, and public transportation became inoperable, leaving many people unable to return home in front of JR Kichijoji Station.
At a task force set up in front of the station, city officials gathered information via radio about the status of temporary accommodation facilities and the number of people they could accommodate, and then guided the people gathered in front of the station to the facilities. .
According to Musashino City, if an earthquake directly hits the capital, it is expected that up to 6,200 people will be unable to return home, but the 16 temporary accommodation facilities around the station can accommodate around 3,000 people. It remains at about half.
The countermeasures council that sponsored the drill is asking for the cooperation of surrounding companies and schools to ensure that no one is stranded returning home, asking people to stay at their workplaces until it is safe to return home, and to stockpile three days' worth of food and water. I am calling on you to do so.
Masahiro Yasutani, Chairman of the Countermeasures Council, said, ``Today we were able to share information smoothly, but unexpected things can happen during a disaster, so we would like to continue training in the future.''