1) The document summarizes safety initiatives in Kagoshima City, Japan which has a population of over 600,000 people. 2) Kagoshima City launched its Safe Community program in 2005 through a municipal ordinance to promote safety. It has worked to identify causes of injuries and establish cross-sector task forces to address issues like traffic safety, school safety, and disaster prevention. 3) Through its Safe Community programs, Kagoshima City has strengthened emergency response data collection, coordinated cooperation across sectors, and increased disaster prevention measures. It aims to continue evaluating and expanding effective community safety programs.

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Presenter：Harumi Furukawa
Affiliation：Chief, Citizen’s Safety
Division Kagoshima City Hall

2. Geography and Population, etc.
• Location 130 E, 31 N
• Area 547.57km2
• Population (Estimate) 605,696 people
• Number of households
274,335 households
(as of August 1, 2015)
• Establishment 126 years
(Established on April 1, 1889)
• Prefectural capital, core city (1996)
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3. Background of Launch of Safe
Community Programs
Municipal Ordinance for Promoting Safety and Security
in Kagoshima City (Established on October 4, 2005)
Disaster
(wind, water,
earthquake)
Traffic
accident
Suicide
Violence
Tumbling,
falling
Fire
Factors to cause of injury
 Challenges to eliminate factors that can threaten safety
in the daily life
Environmental
change
Collaboration with
citizens, etc.
Identifying causes of injuries
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Aging population
combined with low
birthrates
Global
warming
Population
decline
Decline in regional
potential
Globali-
zation
Trend of Society
◆introduction

4.  No. of consultations on child abuse
 No. of consultations on senior citizen abuse  No. of consultations on DV etc. 4
In addition …
Relationship Diagram of Degree of
Injury and Data
Suicide
statistics
Policestatistics
Survey on accidents and injuries
Demographic
statistics
Emergencytransport
Situation of accidents,
etc. during school
management
Close call
Injury
◆research methods

5. a cross-sectional group
1. Safe Community Steering Committee
2.InjurySurveillanceCommittee
JapanInstituteforSafeCommunities
Support
4．ModelDistricts,etc.
Yoshino Elementary School
District
All public elementary/
jr. high schools
Yoshida Minami
Kindergarten, etc.
Kotokujidai-higashi
Neighborhood Association
Komencho Neighborhood
Association
3.Cross-sectorTaskForces
Traffic Safety
School Safety
Child Safety
Senior Citizen Safety
DV Prevention
Suicide Prevention
Disaster Prevention and
Disaster Measures
Partnership/collaboration
Partnership/collaboration
City Hall
organization
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Support
SafeCommunitySupportPromotionCommittee
(PrefecturePolice)

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Riding truck and confirming blind spots Safe driving seminar in training car
Traffic safety class for business employees
Traffic safety class (night school), including DUI experience, held for parents and elementary/jr.
high teachers
◆research methods
Programs targeted for automobile
drivers

7. A traffic safety map was prepared, and
the sites were diagnosed.
Preparation of traffic safety map
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Carrying out an on-site diagnosis of
hazardous spots
The related groups, etc. in the model district have
cooperated and reviewed hazardous spots.
Prepared traffic safety map
(6,000 copies prepared)
There are high levels of traffic in the Yoshino
Elementary School District. The roads are narrow
and there are areas with no sidewalks.
Use this map to understand hazardous places,
and make an effort to follow traffic safety!
Kagoshima
Special Support
School
Near intersection at special
support school entrance

8. Japan - Land of Volcanoes
Japan is one of the world’s prominent volcano countries,
home to 110 of the world’s 1,500 active volcanoes
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Distribution of active volcanoes and
plates in Japan
North America Plate
Mt. Usu
Hokkaido
Komagatake
Eurasia Plate
Mt. Unzen
Mt. Tokachi
Mt. Iwate
Mt. Adatara
Mt. Asama
Mt. Fuji
Izu Islands
Mt. Aso
Miyake Island
Pacific
Plate
Sakurajima
Philippine Plate
Ryukyu
Trench
Material: Sakurajima Taisho Eruption 100th
Anniversary Project Committee

9. 9
Risk of Disasters from Volcano
EruptionsIf Sakurajima should erupt, the entire island will be subject to a dangerous
state from pyroclastic flow, and there is a risk of extensive damage.
Material: Kagoshima City
Pyroclastic flow
From past eruptions, it is predicted that a large
amount of ash and rocks, landslides and lava flow
will occur.
Material provided by Akihiko Yokoo
Sakurajima Volcano Hazard Map

10. Development of ProgramsRepeatedlargeeruptions
• Understand situation
of residents’
evacuation
Do not
know who
has
evacuated
• Establish evacuation
system for people
requiring assistance
Cannot
evacuate
by self
• Improve and
strengthen
evacuation drills
Yearly drills
might be
deteriorat-
ing
Verificationwithprogramsin
modeldistrict
Expandprogramtoentireisland(all18
neighborhoodassociations)
Restructureevacuationsystem
Donotallowasinglevictim
Crisis
Chal-
lenge
Program
Verifi-
cation
Expan-
sion
Goals
Perform-
ance
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11.  Ambulance transports for ages 0 to 6, and ages 65
and older -> General injuries are high
 Details of general injuries -> Unknown
Emergency transport:
• Sub-division of types of general injury accidents
• Additional recording of type of place (inside home),
etc.
Ambulance Transport
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 Review by Kagoshima City Fire Defense Bureau
Improving the recorded data

12. Sub-division of types of general
injuries and accidents, etc.
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General InjuriesUntil now, only were recorded
Types of general injuries and accidents Type of place Type within home, etc. Type of injury Injured member
Details of choking,
accidental ingestion, etc.
Fall Home (residence) Entrance Brain damage Entire body Rice cake
Tumble Kindergarten, nursery school Living room Visceral injury Head Konyaku paste
Accidental ingestion/mis-swallowing Park (playground equipment) Kitchen, dining room Vascular injury, hematoma Face Meat
Contact/collision with person/object Park (not playground equipment) Stairs Nerve damage Neck Candy
Pinching/entanglement Road, sidewalk Hall Fracture Chest Legume
Animal bite, insect sting Station, bus stop, tram stop Washroom Dislocation Stomach Other food
Cut, stab with blade
Commercial facility, restaurant,
recreational facility
Toilet Sprain Back Toy
Heat source, such as fire or hot water Sports facility Bath Laceration Lower back Coin
Electrocution Ocean, river Verdana Contusion Buttocks Tobacco
Chocking Mountains
Yard, schoolyard, school field
(playground equipment)
Scrape Upper limbs Medicine
Foreign matter in eyes, ears or nose School
Yard, schoolyard, school field
(not playground equipment)
Cut Lower limbs PTP packaging sheet
Other foreign matter Nursing home Parking lot Stab Others Others
Others Workplace Classroom (Nurse’s Office) Impalement injury
Others Gym Avulsed wound
Pool Bite
Others Burn
Accidental ingestion
Poisoning
Drowning
Choking
Broken tooth
Injury to eye, ear, nose
Others
Sub-division

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1,400
1,600
1,800
Fall
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Situation of ambulance transports
for general injury by age group
[Source] Fire Defense Department survey (City Fire Defense Department)
[Data] City, both genders, all ages, total for April 2014 to March 2015 * Partial excerpt
59
31 28
6 4
18
26
8
2
80
9
32 33
11
4
190
55
23
12
6
41
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Tumble Collision/contact… Heat source such as fire,…
(people)
Total for ages 0 to 6
Total for ages 7 to 17
Total for ages 18 to 64
Total for ages 65 and older
(people)
1,712
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14. Achievements through the Safe
Community programs …
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Subdivided emergency
transport data
Strengthened system for
coordinated cooperation in
various sectors
Established Safe Community
Support Promotion Committee at
Kagoshima Prefecture Police
Headquarters
Structuring of advanced
disaster prevention measures
Increase of community
resident's awareness of safety

15. Future Prospects
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 Evaluate, verify and create a safer and more secure city
We will verify the programs with the evaluation indicators and will
promote more effective safety and security programs that match the
community’s characteristics.
 Development of model district programs, etc. throughout the city
Senior Citizen Safety
School Safety
Child Safety
Traffic Safety
Disaster Prevention and
Disaster Measures
Cooperation with community councils for developing
programs city-wide
Development of programs at all public elementary
schools and jr. high schools
Sequentially expanding programs to nursery schools and
kindergartens, etc. in the city
Verification of current programs and expanding to other
districts
Expanding model district programs throughout Sakurajima
◆discussions