"Can I make a decision ..." Evacuation with children What should I do?

July 8th, 21:28

"What should I do to evacuate with my baby?"


"

It's

really hard

to get to the shelter if you

don't know the situation ..." On



SNS, parents with children complain about their anxiety about evacuation. Are one after another.


How do you judge and act when you have to evacuate with a small child?


(Network News Department Reporter Takeshi Memida Shinya Fujishima Tatsuro Imono Oita Bureau Reporter Akira Katayama)

Voices of anxiety from parents one after another

"Sleeping was quite difficult I shelter in the rain had caused the child"



, "evacuation Goods + baby bottles, diapers, clothes, ~ good ... and anxiety or escape if Tsumekome"



"to take 1-year-old one month spend the night in shelters is quite impossible there do and do not you think if the house in the state like "



I do not go to be observed in the life do not ... of course I put annoying crying at night When the" age 2 months a little less than the major brands Te', the needle I went I wonder if it's rather ... "

On SNS, there are a series of urgent voices unique to parents with small children.

I (Imono), who is interviewing, is also one of the parents who has a 6-month-old daughter.



Almost every day now, I wake up with my daughter's crying at midnight.



Our family who just moved from Hokkaido to Tokyo this month.



My daughter may not be accustomed to the new environment, and I feel that she cries more often at night.



Meanwhile, news of damage caused by heavy rain every day.



When I was watching my daughter who had finally fallen asleep after drinking milk, I was worried whether she could endure life in the shelter and whether she would bother others.

Evacuation decision What should I do ...

"I don't know where to go in the event of a disaster. In my case, can I make the decision to evacuate in heavy rain with my small children? You might think that you should stay at home ... "



I was able to talk to my 33-year-old mother who lives in Osaka who posted this on SNS.



The mother is raising two children, three and a half years old and seven months old.



I was worried about evacuation with my children in various ways.



It is said that it may take courage to go out with a small child even when going out on a daily basis.

Mother


"Recently, there is a local heavy rain that is difficult to predict, so at what timing should we evacuate? Isn't it already a dangerous situation? On the other hand, there is a big responsibility that the child's life is at stake. , The judgment seems to be dull. "

For this reason, this mother is thinking of looking up evacuation information from the local government and taking action.

"I think it's better to ask the local government to instruct you than to make your own judgment."

If the husband is not at home for work, one mother will evacuate with two children.



One with a thong and the other with a walk.



Furthermore, I am worried whether I can safely go to the evacuation center with my children's luggage.

Mother


"I have no experience of evacuating, so I don't know what the shelter looks like. What's happening, what's missing? What should I bring? What's wrong? Adults can put up with children I don't think we can understand the situation. "

When you think about it, the amount of luggage for children will increase.

・ Changing clothes,


butt wipes


, tissues and towels


, liquid milk


, barley tea for children


, baby food


, sweets


, cold medicine for children, etc.

"I would like to bring everything I have prepared, but if the evacuation timing is heavy at night, I may have to reduce the number of things I bring. I think that makes me uneasy."

In addition, about life in the evacuation center.

"I think children usually feel a lot of stress in a different environment. I think that the longer they live in a shelter, the more stress they get."

Children may cry at night or make noise at the shelter.



At that time, will the people who are evacuating to the shelter with the same anxiety and stress understand such children?



Finally, the mother said:

"Is it possible to take a step to evacuate with a child even if danger is imminent in a lot of anxiety ... It takes much more weight to make a decision than an adult evacuating alone."

Evacuate by evening

What should I do in such a case?



We published a book on disaster prevention and talked to Natsumi Okumura, a disaster prevention officer who is also raising children.

"When I try to leave the house, my child has to poop and change diapers, or I hate shoes and it takes time to put them on. This kind of" petit happening "is common, so children It's important to think that it will take some time to evacuate in your home. "

Mr. Okumura emphasized that even if you decide to evacuate, it is "more difficult and time-consuming than you can imagine" to run away with your child.

So Mr. Okumura is proposing

▽ "Evacuation order" is late, so start evacuating when "evacuation of elderly people" is issued ▽ Evacuate


to friends, relatives' houses, hotels, etc. by evening

There are two.

"Many people may think that" elderly people "are included in the name" evacuation of the elderly, etc. ", so they have nothing to do with them. It's time to evacuate. Also, it's difficult and dangerous to take a child with you at night. It's hard to wake up if you're sleeping. If you're worried, go to a friend's house by the evening and evacuate. Is safe. "

For friends and relatives' homes

I asked Mr. Okumura about the measures to be taken regarding the voice that he was worried about going to the evacuation center.

"It is true that shelters are often not well-prepared. Children may not be able to sleep, so it is recommended to consider options other than shelters, such as friends'homes and relatives' homes. It costs money, but you may take the plunge and book a hotel and evacuate. "

He also taught me the preparations that Mr. Okumura himself is practicing.

"The" mama bag "is also useful in the event of a disaster. I think that many people usually prepare the contents before going out, but it is recommended to prepare them after returning home. Then you can take it with you and evacuate in case of emergency. "

"Children get nervous in a different place than usual, so it's a good idea to bring sweets that you are accustomed to eating and toys that don't make noise so that you can relax. I have a "seal book" in it. "

Female staff at the shelter

Some local governments are reviewing management methods so that mothers with small children can live in evacuation centers without anxiety.



From this year, Usa City and Kusu Town in Oita Prefecture have begun efforts to assign one or more female staff to all designated evacuation centers in advance.



Of these, in Kusu Town, there was a case in which a female employee who was in an evacuation center last year surrounded all sides with a white cloth to create a space where women could change clothes and breastfeed. We also want to expand our efforts to evacuate with peace of mind.

Hiroyasu Kono, Chief of the Disaster Prevention Countermeasures Division, Kusu Town Base


"The needs of evacuees will diversify as the scale of the disaster increases, so we want to make it a shelter where mothers with small children can spend their time with peace of mind."

To evacuate with peace of mind

What I felt again this time was the high hurdles for evacuation for parents with small children.



My wife thought, "If you go to an evacuation shelter and cause trouble, you may think that you will stay at home until the last minute."



Of course, it is a rule of thumb to evacuate early.



To that end, how to lower the hurdles for evacuation.



I felt that it was important for each parent to be well prepared and to have administrative support so that they could go to the evacuation center without anxiety.