Developing an Exercise and Database to Share and Inherit Lessons Learned from Disasters

Abstract

Learning lessons from past disasters is one of the most important preparations for disaster management. One of the most effective methods of sharing lessons learned is through exercises, but there are some challenges in reducing the difficulty of learning, the amount of work, and the time required. This article aims to develop a discussion-based exercise program as one of the methods of experiential learning. This exercise was aimed at people who do not have enough experience with large-scale disasters, to share the lessons learned with them and inherit to the next generation, and to reduce some challenges of the exercise. As a result of this exercise, the effectiveness of the exercise and the new challenges were confirmed.