Implementation of Simulation Exercise of Emergency Response Headquarter Management by Objectives (SEMO) at Atsuma Town, Hokkaido, Japan

Abstract

Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI) developed Simulation Exercise of Emergency Response Headquarter Management by Objectives (SEMO), and provides the special training programs based on SEMO for the officer of municipalities. Atsuma town, Hokkaido,which is a small-scale municipality, planed and conducted the training programs based on SEMO for officers of Emergency Operation Center. In this paper, the authors introduce this case from the perspectives of the design and the framework.