This slide is made on a research paper that was published in the Fire Safety Science in January 2014 after the Great Japan Earthquake. During this disaster, how people evacuated and why etc. are been analysed here on the basis of the statement of the respondents.

2. Presentation on
Research Analysis of The Realistic
Evacuation Behaviour from Tsunami
and Fire in the aftermath of The
Great East Japan Earthquake 2011
Tammim Hossain Sayma
(19131004)
Kazi Sumaiya Akhter Safa
(19131014)
DHSM-1207

3. Research Analysis of The Realistic Evacuation
Behaviour from Tsunami and Fire in the
aftermath of The Great East Japan Earthquake
2011
Was published in Fire Safety Science in January 2014
3 Authors – 1) Yuki Akizuki
2)Akihiko Hokugo and
3)Tomoaki Nishino

5. Known as- The Great East Japan Earthquake/
2011 Tohoku Earthquake/
The Great Sendai Earthquake/
The 3.11 Earthquake
Time- 11 March, Friday, 2011 at 14:46 JST
Magnitude- 9.0-9.1 Mw
Duration- 6 minutes
Type- mega thrust
Affected area- japan( Miyako, Iwate, Tohoku),&pacific rim
Causalities- 15,897 deaths
6,157 injured
2,532 missing

6.  16 actual track maps of escape routes from tsunami and
fire from interviews conducted in Yamada Town
 The interviewees were relocated to 4 refuge places-
Yamada
Osawa
Toyomane
Shinden

8.  5 items have been included in describing the evacuation
movements-
(1)timing of evacuation
(2) evacuation tool,
(3) evacuation company
(4) required time taking right before evacuation and
(5) distance from the start point to the primary
evacuation
point which includes the movement distance for
picking
up family members.

9. They have categorized escape patterns of evacuation
company
by single or group evacuation.

10. Alone they had to travel a long distant by
themselves .
Had no information about the situation or
imminent hazard.
Couldn’t take right decision.
children & older people were vulnerable.

11. Three timing –
A: Immediate evacuation that people started
evacuation right after quake subsided
B: Evacuation after actions that people did some
actions after quake and before starting
evacuation
C: Imminent evacuation that people started
evacuation only after tsunami threat became
imminent

12. kind of action they took –
 coming back to home (22%)
 looking for family members or picking them
up (21%)
 Checking if family members are safe (13%)

13. evacuation tools -categorized into 3
1.on foot only,
2.on foot and by car,
3.by car only
57% people used car
Created congestion
Heavy dependency on automobile in rural
society in Japan
 Car evacuation is not proven safe at all.

14. Scope for future research:
 proper early warning using advanced technology
 quick evacuate road with alternatives which is a
very good sector for civil engineers and disaster
managers.
 an easy app that can give latest information of the
disaster and the available shelters nearby.
 think evacuees as group such as family and
acquaintances for future tsunami evacuation plans.

15.  Physiologist can research the behavior of the people
during evacuation
 To create an special force whom we can call in emergency
so that they can come to help evacuate the children, old
and disabilities first to safe shelter
 Create awareness and encourage women to take
decisions by themselves without waiting for or depending
on husbands or male members
 NGOs and INGOs or local banks can research how to
create effective insurance policy