Disaster Prevention and Mitigation SystemStrengthened
Evacuation Shelter ManagementDigitalized(DX)
The Customer’s Challenge
Minamiawaji City faced an urgent need to strengthen its systems for swift and accurate information dissemination and smooth evacuation guidance in preparation for large-scale disasters such as a Nankai Trough earthquake. During a disaster, the city needs to open up to 49 evacuation shelters, which made it essential to establish an efficient management system that could be operated by a limited number of staff.
Disaster Information System:
This system centralizes disaster information, enabling real-time information sharing among staff. In addition to the disaster management radio system, it links with a smartphone app to deliver information swiftly to citizens through various channels.
Evacuation Shelter Check-in Solution:
Automated check-in using facial recognition and card readers significantly reduces evacuee registration time. It digitizes evacuee information in real-time, streamlining check-in operations and preventing on-site confusion.
Enables real-time information sharing not only within the city’s crisis management division but also with other departments. This allows for swift, cross-departmental situational assessment and decision-making.
Automating check-in tasks reduces the workload for staff and instantly digitizes evacuee information. This enables the accurate and rapid assessment of capacity and necessary supplies, facilitating data-driven support activities such as the distribution of relief goods.
Ensuring swift and diverse means of information dissemination leads to a stronger disaster prevention and mitigation system. This promotes the creation of a safer community by establishing an environment where all citizens can easily access disaster information.
The digital transformation (DX) of shelter management significantly reduces the workload for staff during disasters. This allows them to focus on high-value tasks that only humans can perform, such as confirming safety and providing care to victims, thereby realizing the provision of sustainable government services.
