Analysis of the disaster response of Yabuki-town just after the Great East Japan earthquake

Abstract

This study aims to achieve an effective disaster response system immediately just after the earthquake. In this paper, we analyzed the initial response of Yabuki town immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake. As a result, we found that many officials had worked for food supply, water supply and its sorting and transport which are some of the disaster responses everyone can operate.
To operate the effective initial disaster response, around 130 Yabuki town officials should be located or assigned correctly by understanding the initial disaster response kinds and definition of its characteristics. In this paper, we categorize the initial disaster responses into 4 levels. To build an effective disaster management plan, each disaster responses should be categorized and visualized its frameworks.