Oita Hita Disaster prevention radio operated for the first time, residents also evacuated early on July 13 at 17:44
In Hita City, Oita Prefecture, where houses have been inundated one after another, several residents say that the information on the disaster prevention radio, which was operated for the first time this time, triggered early evacuation.
In Hita City, we introduced a new disaster prevention radio and, for the first time, this time, considering that the mobile phone was disconnected and the disaster prevention radio became hard to hear due to the heavy rain in northern Kyushu three years ago.
This disaster prevention radio is stronger than the radio waves used in disaster prevention administrative radio, etc., and it is possible to set the area in advance and transmit information in pinpoint.
Before the Kusu River flooded, the city called for residents of Amaze-cho along the river to evacuate on the disaster prevention radio three times from the night of the 6th of this month to the next morning, and several residents were asked to interview NHK early. He says that it triggered the evacuation.
Of these, Chiyoka Nakamoto (78) heard that the evacuation order issued by the city at 5:30 am on the 7th on the disaster prevention radio and headed to the shelter with her husband by car.
Nakamoto-san said, “I listened to the radio and decided to evacuate. I knew it was absolutely necessary because I knew what to do.”
At two evacuation centers near the riverside district in Amase-cho, 56 people, more than 20% of the area's inhabitants, were evacuated at 11:00 am on the 7th. "I would like to examine how disaster prevention radio was used in the future," said Shuichi Kajiwara, chief of the Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Division.