The case study of fires in Tanohama Yamada town Iwate Prefecture caused by Tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Abstract

Tanohama-Area in Yamada town Iwate Prefecture has been hit by Tsunami many times. The Showa Sanriku Tsunami, in 1933, lead the government to develop a higher land for Yamada inhabitants to move to more secured area. The following Tohoku Pacific Offshore Tsunami, in 2011, reached this the high land, but no house was swept away. Yet, more than thirty houses got completely destroyed by fires. Fire probability, after Tsunami, is high and registered during Meiji in 1896, Showa in 1933 and Hokkaido-Nansei-oki Tsunami in 1993.  Inhabitants live on coasts and the Civil services concerned should make efforts to prevent fires.