Disaster prevention delivery class to convey the threat of natural disasters Fukui October 7, 4:15

The civil engineering office in Fukui Prefecture gave an on-site lesson at an elementary school in order to convey the threat of natural disasters to children and raise their awareness of disaster prevention.

Fukui Prefecture has been holding disaster prevention on-site lessons at elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture in the wake of the heavy rain in Fukui in 2004, and on the 6th, four staff members from the Fukui Civil Engineering Office visited Goryo Elementary School in Eiheiji Town.



The staff explained the threat of sediment-related disasters and floods to about 20 fifth-grade children by showing images of debris flows and landslides and images of the time when the Asuwa River was flooded by the heavy rains in Fukui.



After this, the children checked the flood hazard map to see if the school or home was in the flooded area, and after returning home, talked with their families about evacuation sites, evacuation routes, and what they needed to evacuate. I promised to discuss.



The children who took the class said, "I was surprised at the speed when I saw the video of the landslide," and "I got a hazard map, so I think about evacuation while watching it with my family."