To avoid becoming people unable to return home

It is important to prepare in the event that a disaster occurs on the go and it becomes difficult to return home. Prepare necessary supplies in preparation for returning home on foot or temporary evacuation.

・When you go out, carry a map, portable radio, mobile phone charger, etc.
・Prepare sneakers, flashlights, gloves, drinking water, etc. that are easy to walk to at work.
・Be prepared to stay at work and stay at work so that you can avoid confusion and return home the next day.
・Let's decide the method and meeting place of safety confirmation with your family on a daily basis.
・Take measures to make your home earthquake-resistant and prevent furniture from falling, and reduce the cause of damage to your home or injury to your family in advance.
・people unable to return home Manual in the event of a major earthquake: This is a pocket-sized manual that contains information on precautionary preparations in the event of a major earthquake, safety confirmation after the occurrence, temporary accommodation facilities, and return home on foot. Create according to the description (how to make) and carry it in a regular insert.

Yokohama City people unable to return home Manual (PDF: 4,275KB)

In order to safely return home, go to work, and ensure the continuity of work for employees, etc., decide on necessary supplies and action rules, and take measures in advance.

・Strive to stock up on food, drinking water, portable toilets, blankets, etc. so that employees can stay at the office for a certain period of time.
・Let's try to create an environment that can safely store employees etc. at offices, such as earthquake resistance of buildings, prevention of falling, falling, moving of archives, etc., and prevention of scattering of glass.
・Be prepared not only at the company but also at the individual, such as putting drinking water and portable food in lockers.
・If your family is confirmed to be safe, decide on rules so that employees can return home safely, such as waiting at the office or returning home the next day.
・If a disaster occurs while facility users and customers are staying in the office, it may be difficult to return home, so stock up on food, drinking water, portable toilets, blankets so that those people can stay temporarily. And prepare for your stay space.

Immediately after a large-scale earthquake, many people are worried about their homes and their families, and are likely to start taking action to return home as soon as possible from work, school, or on the go.
When an earthquake occurs in the Tokyo metropolitan area and many people return home all at once, there are places on the sidewalk that can only proceed 400m per hour with a crowded train. If you move in such a situation, it is assumed that you will be involved in a group fall or you will be injured by a fire or falling object from a building, so immediately after the disaster occurs, `` Do not start moving unnecessarily '' Is important.

First of all, let's check the safety of your family and home. If you can confirm the safety of your family, you can wait for the situation to calm down and return home. Make sure you decide in advance how to contact your family in the event of a disaster, and let them know that you may not be able to return home if transportation is interrupted.
Immediately after a disaster occurs, landline and mobile phones are expected to be difficult to connect due to concentrated calls and damage to telecommunications stations. Use the services provided by each telecommunications company, such as temporary storage of voice messages, message board services utilizing the functions of mobile phones, and the provision of messages using the Internet to help safety confirmation.

A service that records and plays messages. It can also be used on mobile phones and public phones. Message storage time is 48 hours. You can also register and confirm on the web.
・NTT East "Disaster Message Dial 171" (outside site)
・NTT East "Disaster Broadband Message Board Web171" (outside site)

Service to register and confirm safety information on mobile phones
・NTT DOCOMO “Disaster Message Board” (outside site)
・au "Disaster Message Version Service" (outside site)
・Softbank "Disaster Message Version Service" (outside site)
・Y!mobile "Disaster Message Version Service" (outside site)

Reference HP
・Recommendations for reduce disaster damage Action (City of Yokohama, General Affairs Bureau/Business Office) (PDF: 891KB)
・Disaster prevention metropolitan area network (created in nine prefectures) (outside site)