ISSUES AND MEASURES OF DISASTER RESPONSE BASE CAPABILITIES OF SHIKOKU TO IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE TO PREPARE FOR THE NANKAI TROUGH EARTHQUAKE: LESSONS FROM THE INITIAL RESPONSE OF THE 2016 KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKE

Abstract

 There were many problems arising during the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Local government did not fully function due to un-development of BCP (Business Continuity Plan) or staff shortage. brought confusion to the disaster response. On the other hand, the Nankai Trough earthquake has been anticipated in Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture is the disaster management base facility of Shikoku in this earthquake.
 In order to prepare for the Nankai Trough earthquake, we have proposed the concept of Kagawa DCP (District Continuity Plan) and 5 functions required for Kagawa DCP. In order to sasitfy these five functions, it is important to develop the local government BCP for inter-organizational cooperation and to develop human resource with cooresponding capacities in the disaster. As one of activities, Kagawa Prefecture and Kagawa University are developing BCP considering the concept of DCP. And they also carry out a training project of local government staffs to implement the BCM (Business Continuity Management).
 In this paper, we discuss local government measures and challenges to prepare the Nankai Trough earthquake from the the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake lessons.