2024 Volume 45 Pages 83-93
Thirteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the number of employees hired after the disaster is increasing in Kesennuma City Office, Miyagi Prefecture. Since 2021, training sessions are being held to share the experience of the earthquake so that even employees who have no experience responding to disasters can utilize the lessons learned from the disaster to respond to disasters. When considering similar initiatives in a local government affected by a large-scale disaster, the following points may be helpful: securing human resources who can give lectures about their experiences at the time of the disaster, cooperation between the crisis management division and human resources division, and consideration of the occupations of participants.
