Abstract
Since 2010 the committee of Sendai City had started to study a training program for disaster prevention promoters, authors were strongly involved in the development of the program and the training aid and textbook. The first training course was implemented in 2012 with original materials as one of the policy measures of Sendai city to enhance the capability of disaster prevention at local community level. In this paper, the personal characteristics of the participants of the course are analyzed. In addition, the activities of them as disaster prevention promoters in a local community after finishing the course are reported. We emphasized the importance of sharing their experiences and knowledge over the whole area of Sendai city. Finally, to discuss emergency response potential ability of voluntary disaster prevention organizations in neighborhood, we made a comparison of the abilities before and after the occurrence of the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011.
