Press release materials
January 23, 2023
Urban Development Bureau Disaster Prevention Community Development Promotion Section
Kazuhiko Shirai
Phone number: 045-671-3663
Fax: 045-663-5225
In the Yokohama City Earthquake Damage Estimation, since the damage caused by earthquake fires is large, we have been promoting earthquake fire countermeasures based on the "Earthquake Fire Countermeasures Policy in the Yokohama City Earthquake Disaster Prevention Strategy" with a planning period from FY2014 to FY2022 to reduce building damage. As a result, in some areas, the assumption of building damage due to earthquake fires has been reduced, but it is necessary to continue our efforts in the future.
Therefore, we decided to formulate the "Earthquake Fire Countermeasures Plan in the dense urban area of Yokohama City" with a planning period from 2023 to 2032.
As we gathered draft on devising, we raise opinions of citizen's all of you.
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