Open AccessVerification of Information Sharing System on Shelter, COCOA, at Comprehensive Disaster Drill in Ishinomaki City
Author(s) -
Muneyoshi Numada,
Satoshi Takatsu,
Yasuhide Yamauchi,
Kimiro Meguro,
Tetsuo Ito
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2017.p0090
Subject(s) - drill , information sharing , emergency management , business , environmental planning , engineering , operations management , geography , computer science , political science , world wide web , mechanical engineering , law
This study intends to report the results of COCOA during the disaster drill in Ishinomaki City. On Sunday, 15 November 2015, a rainy day, the verification was conducted at the Comprehensive Disaster Drill in Ishinomaki City using an information sharing system on shelter, called COCOA, with the aim of supporting information sharing between headquarters and each shelter for disaster control and effective shelter management. COCOA is an information sharing system on shelter developed by Numada’s university office. This disaster drill confirmed that shelters can be effectively managed with respect to any change in circumstances over a given period of time; for example, the number of evacuees at each shelter can be grasped in real time, and those who need care can be identified easily by effectively preparing a list of evacuees.