The Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University, the disaster base hospital / Hitoyoshi Medical Center in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Shimizu Construction Co., Ltd. of the Genecon have formulated a flood damage countermeasure timeline disaster prevention plan to protect the disaster base hospital from flood damage. The Hitoyoshi Medical Center was damaged by the flooding of the Kuma River in 2020, and it was not possible to exert sufficient power for disaster response. Therefore, disaster prevention drills were conducted at the Hitoyoshi Medical Center to verify its effectiveness.
According to Kyoto University, the flood control timeline disaster prevention plan divides the process from the issuance of flood warnings to the issuance of flood occurrence information and restoration into seven stages, and each department includes convening hospital staff, installing waterproof plates, and responding to patients at each stage. We examined whether the flood control work could be done within the expected time and would not hinder the acceptance of emergency patients, and set the response.
Regarding flood forecasts, not only public information from the Japan Meteorological Agency and private meteorological companies, but also data from the new flood forecast model developed by Kyoto University in the Strategic Innovation Creation Program of the Cabinet Office will be used to respond based on more accurate forecast values. To proceed.
After the flooding of the Kuma River, the Hitoyoshi Medical Center has been reviewing disaster prevention plans, waterproofing measures for automatic doors, and training on the installation of waterproof plates. It has become clear that many issues remain, such as how to accept patients after installing the waterproof plate.
For this reason, the Hitoyoshi Medical Center gathered 156 people from all organizations and conducted disaster prevention drills based on the plan.The results of the training will be analyzed and incorporated into the disaster prevention plan if necessary.
