Support for training programs for disaster prevention specialists and teacher license renewal programs
Research and Education center for Natural Hazards
MATSUNARI Yuko (Department Head)
Background and objectives of activities
Research and Education center for Natural Hazards offers "Disaster Prevention Studies for Protecting Lives and Communities" and "The Frontiers of Regional Disaster Prevention", a joint education course and teacher license renewal course, with the aim of improving students' own disaster prevention skills and developing human resources who can contribute to regional disaster prevention.
Summary of Activities
Disaster Prevention Studies for Protecting Lives and Communities" is an omnibus course that includes local government officials as lecturers, and is offered to undergraduate students and as an open class. The course is also accredited as a training course for the development of "disaster prevention specialists" involved in the "development of disaster prevention leaders." By obtaining credits and a certificate of completion of a separately conducted lifesaving course, students are qualified to take the examination for qualification as a disaster prevention specialist.
As for the teacher license renewal course, the course provides easy-to-understand lectures on the latest topics related to the mechanism of occurrence of various disasters such as earthquake disasters, tsunami disasters, and landslide disasters, the actual conditions of disasters, and disaster countermeasures."
Expected Benefits
This activity and project will support the training of disaster prevention specialists and the acquisition of disaster prevention and mitigation knowledge for students, the general public, and teachers. This will serve as an educational activity for disaster prevention and mitigation for many local residents. In addition, it will lead local residents to take concrete measures for self-help, mutual help, and cooperative action, and contribute to the creation of a city where residents can continue to live with peace of mind. It will also lead to the provision of disaster education opportunities for all people.