Abstract
There are Voluntary disaster prevention organization and Local disaster management center in “Mutual-help efforts” system in disaster. This purpose of study is the examination of the state of “Mutual-help efforts” system in disaster by analysis of the exchanging views with committees of local disaster management center in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City. As future’s direction of “Mutual-help efforts” system, it is necessary to clarify each role of voluntary disaster prevention organization and local disaster management center and promotion of a measure with redundancy in local disaster prevention.