Proposal on the Effective Use of Relief Helicopters  Based on Experience in the Great East Japan Earthquake

Hiroyuki Nakachi; Norio Maki; Haruo Hayashi

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JDR Vol.7 No.sp pp. 500-510

(2012)

doi: 10.20965/jdr.2012.p0500

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Proposal on the Effective Use of Relief Helicopters Based on Experience in the Great East Japan Earthquake

Hiroyuki Nakachi^*, Norio Maki^, and Haruo Hayashi^

^*Kita Fire Station, Kobe City Fire Bureau, 2-16-6 Kaminotani, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0162, Japan

^**Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji-shi, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan

Received:

March 30, 2012

Accepted:

May 23, 2012

Published:

August 1, 2012

Keywords:

catastrophic disaster, crisis management, relief helicopter, emergency operation center

Abstract

The Great East Japan Earthquake hit a large number of prefectures and cities in eastern Japan. Devastating damage was particularly heavy in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures compared with other prefectures. Rescue operations were undertaken on a national scale. This experience of a great disaster hitting multiple numbers of prefectures is unprecedented in Japanese history and a number of problems therefore emerged. In the near future, major earthquake with epicenters in the Tokai, Tonankai, and Nankai regions are predicted to occur. The focal region of the Great East Japan Earthquake is similar to the scale of the focal region of these three earthquakes. In this paper, we are therefore proposing effective use of relief helicopters in large-scale expansive disaster based on the assumption that the three earthquakes have occurred.

Cite this article as:

H. Nakachi, N. Maki, and H. Hayashi, “Proposal on the Effective Use of Relief Helicopters Based on Experience in the Great East Japan Earthquake,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.7 No.sp, pp. 500-510, 2012.

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Proposal on the Effective Use of Relief Helicopters Based on Experience in the Great East Japan Earthquake

Hiroyuki Nakachi*, Norio Maki**, and Haruo Hayashi**

Hiroyuki Nakachi^*, Norio Maki^, and Haruo Hayashi^