Designated Emergency evacuation sites, Designated Evacuation Center

In the past, places to protect lives from the danger of an imminent disaster and the place to live an evacuation life have not always been clearly distinguished, and the Great East Japan Earthquake contributed to the spread of damage. For this reason, the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Law has been revised to specify "designated emergency evacuation sites" to escape from the danger of an imminent disaster and a "designated evacuation center" to live an evacuation life. Check the evacuation sites / evacuation route and shelter in advance, and prepare for a disaster.

"Designated Emergency evacuation sites" is a place to escape from the danger of an imminent disaster and specifies for each type of disaster (. Flood / landslide, debris flow and landslide / high tides / earthquake) (also used as a designated evacuation center) . In Yokohama City, it is selected from the evacuation shelter designated as a designated evacuation center.
In addition, disaster types "tsunami" and "large-scale fire" are specified according to the following designated standards.

"tsunami": The city is an evacuation facility in tsunami ※evacuation shelter is designated among the facilities designated as 1.
"Large-scale fire": The city is evacuation area ※Specify the evacuation shelter specified in 2
※１About tsunami evacuation facilities
※２About evacuation area

Since the establishment of a designated emergency evacuation sites will be determined based on the scale and circumstances of the disaster, not all evacuation sites will be opened in the event of a disaster.
In addition to designated locations, public facilities such as district centers and community care plazas, and Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Associations Building may be opened as evacuation sites. When evacuating, let's check the evacuation information from the government (city homepage, Yokohama City Disaster Prevention Information E-mail, public relations vehicles, etc.).
Yokohama Disaster Prevention Information E-mail

Designated emergency evacuation sites

Tsurumi Ward
Kanagawa Ward
Nishi Ward
Naka Ward
Minami Ward
Konan Ward
Hodogaya Ward
Asahi Ward
Isogo Ward
Kanazawa Ward
Kohoku Ward
Midori Ward
Aoba Ward
Tsuzuki Ward  
Totsuka Ward
Sakae Ward
Izumi Ward
Seya Ward

"Designated evacuation center" is a place where you can live an evacuation life when you can no longer live at home due to a disaster. Yokohama City has designated 459 locations, including elementary and junior high schools in the city of evacuation shelter, as designated shelters. Check your local evacuation shelter on the homepage of each ward or Wai Wai Disaster Prevention Map.
List of evacuation shelter (homepage of each ward)
Tsurumi Ward
Kanagawa Ward
Nishi Ward
Naka Ward
Minami Ward
Konan Ward
Hodogaya Ward
Asahi Ward
Isogo Ward
Kanazawa Ward
Kohoku Ward
Midori Ward
Aoba Ward
Tsuzuki Ward  
Totsuka Ward
Sakae Ward
Izumi Ward
Seya Ward
Waiwai disaster prevention map (outside site)

Designated evacuation shelters (evacuation shelter) will be established when a seismic intensity of 5 or more is observed in one place in Yokohama city area. The operation will be carried out by the "evacuation shelter Steering Committee" composed of areas, schools, ward offices, etc.
Detailed page about evacuation shelter

The name "evacuation shelter" is widely known to everyone as a place to live in evacuation even before the revision of the Basic Law on Disaster Countermeasures was revised. Yokohama City designates designated shelters as described above, but we will continue to use the name "evacuation shelter" in the future.

Necessary evacuation actions vary depending on the type of disaster, such as earthquakes, typhoons, and landslide disasters. Let's assume evacuation behavior in the event of a disaster by referring to the following figures.
Evacuation behavior at the time of earthquake, storm and flood damage (PDF: 1,095KB) (excerpt from "Disaster Prevention Yokohama")