Presentation slides used at the international conference "IDRiM 2021"

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Current Status and Issues of
Information Sharing
in Disaster Response in Japan
National Research Institute
for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), Japan
Tadashi ISE Ph.D (Informatics, Kyoto Univ.)
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IDRiM2021 2021/9/22-24 @ online
- Information Linkage by "SIP4D“ -

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Agenda
i. Current status of disaster information
system in Japan
ii. 3 types of systems provided by NIED
iii. Demonstration experiment at wide area
training "Michinoku ALERT 2018“
iv. Current status and issues of
system-connection
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Agenda
i. Current status of disaster information
system in Japan
ii. 3 types of systems provided by NIED
iii. Demonstration experiment at wide area
training "Michinoku ALERT 2018“
iv. Current status and issues of
system-connection
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Current Status of Disaster Information-sys (2015 survey)
➢ 43/47 (=91.5%) prefectures own info-sys
➢ About 80% prefectures answered
“Sharing with all municipalities
inside of the pref.”
Information sharing with all municipalities
Information sharing with some basic
municipalities
Prefectures and municipalities have different
systems
No information-sys
77%
2%
13%
0%
8%
0%
都道府県
都道府県とその全市町村が同一の防災情報システムを利用し、防災情報及び災害情報を共有している
都道府県と一部の市町村が同一の防災情報システムを利用し、防災情報及び災害情報を共有している
33%
0%
19%
48%
0% 0%
政令市
But…
The systems are "not connected to each other."
Japanese Gov.
47 Prefectures
1741 Basic Municipalities

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➢ Issue: Disaster info is organized in each prefecture
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2016 Kumamoto Earthquake:
NIED Integrated Map Info (Info Support)
2 weeks to integrate with info from
neighboring pref (Oita pref)

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2017 Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain:
Cooperation With Activity agencies
(firefighting, police, Self-Defense Forces)
➢ Providing maps to SDF for search of the victims.
Map provided to SDF
(the Self-Defense Force)
⚫ Integrate maps of each institution
• Residential map (private company)
• Vertical photo after the disaster
(volunteer)
• Basic map (Geographical Survey
Institute)
Advanced Information

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Issues of Disaster Information sys
➢ It is difficult to grasp the total damage
with the closed system of each prefecture.
➢ By integrating various information,
it will be advanced information.
➢ Map information (geographic information) is
important to support the affected area.
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NIED researches and develops systems to solve
these issues in the national program “SIP”.
SIP: Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program

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Agenda
i. Current status of disaster information
system in Japan
ii. 3 types of systems provided by NIED
iii. Demonstration experiment at wide area
training "Michinoku ALERT 2018“
iv. Current status and issues of
system-connection
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1: ISUT (Information Support Team for disaster response)
• The activities from Kumamoto earthquake
（2016） were highly evaluated and became the
official activity of the Cabinet Office as “ISUT”.
・FY2018: Trial operation
・April 2019: Start of activities
Satellite image
Road condition
Flood Estimation

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ISUT experiences
Fiscal Year Disaster Period
FY2018 Northern Osaka Earthquake Jun. 2018
July 2018 heavy rain Jul.-Aug. 2018
Hokkaido Eastern-Iburi Earthquake Sep. 2018
FY2019 Late June 2019 heavy rain Jul. 2019
August 2019 heavy rain Aug.-Sep. 2019
2019 Typhoon No.15 Sep.-Oct. 2019
2019 Typhoon No.19 Oct.-Nov. 2019
FY2020 2020 July heavy rain Jul.-Aug. 2020
Earthquake off the coast of Fukushima
Prefecture
Feb. 2021
FY2021 2021 July heavy rein Jul. 2021
2021 August heavy rein Aug. 2021
• Studying the utilization of disaster information with experiencing such
disaster response

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2: ＳＩＰ４Ｄ： Shared Information Platform
for Disaster Management
SIP4D is a platform for collecting information
necessary for disaster response
from various agencies and quickly distributing it.
企業
コンソーシアム
DiMAPS
気象業務支援
センター
だいち防災
WEB
G空間情報
センター
MOWLAS J-RISQ 実効雨量 MP-PAWR
内閣府防災
総防システム
災害時
保健医療活動
支援システム
ため池防災
支援システム
省庁災害情報
システム
都道府県
防災情報
システム
指定公共機関
防災情報
システム
NIED-Data Lake
防災情報サービスプラットフォーム
Information Pipeline
基礎自治体
防災情報
システム
民間企業
防災情報
システム
• ISUT will provide info-support in the affected prefectures.
• However, originally, each info-system should be connected.
Internet

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3: NIED-DISS: NIED Disaster Info Sharing Sys
Basic Process
Disaster Response menu
• NIED-DISS is a sample system for connecting to SIP4D.
➢ Each prefecture-sys is expected to be connected to SIP4D (Information Pipeline).
➢ Possibly, prefecture persons don't know what kind of system to be prepared.
➢ Free GIS
➢ Inlet / Outlet function for SIP4D
➢ Basic function for disaster response

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Review of 3 Systems
➢ ISUT-SITE
⚫ Website of ISUT (Info Support Team)
⚫ Viewer only (No input-function )
⚫ Based on ArcGIS-online
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➢ SIP4D
⚫ “Pipeline” of disaster info
➢ NIED-DISS (Disaster Info Sharing Sys)
⚫ Sample system to be prepared by
each institution (prefectures etc.)
⚫ Open Source (Free GIS)
企業
コンソーシアム
DiMAPS
気象業務支援
センター
だいち防災
WEB
G空間情報
センター
MOWLAS J-RISQ 実効雨量 MP-PAWR
内閣府防災
総防システム
災害時
保健医療活動
支援システム
ため池防災
支援システム
省庁災害情報
システム
都道府県
防災情報
システム
指定公共機関
防災情報
システム
NIED-Data Lake
防災情報サービスプラットフォーム
Information Pipeline
基礎自治体
防災情報
システム
民間企業
防災情報
システム
With providing these 3 systems to society,
we are researching the utilization of disaster information.

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Agenda
i. Current status of disaster information
system in Japan
ii. 3 types of systems provided by NIED
iii. Demonstration experiment at wide
area training "Michinoku ALERT 2018“
iv. Current status and issues of
system-connection
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NIED-DISS
• Michinoku-ALERT 2018 is the largest disaster response
training, held in the Tohoku region.
• Using SIP4D, information sharing tests were conducted with
6 prefectures in Tohoku and the SDF (Self-Defense Forces).
Self-Defense Force
AOMORI Pref.
Trial of SIP4D in Michinoku-ALERT2018
IWATE Pref.
MIYAGI Pref.
AKITA Pref.
YAMAGATA Pref.
FUKUSHIMA Pref.
NIED provided Temporary Systems
To confirm the effect of information linkage

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Miyagi Pref. inputs information about Miyagi Pref.
MIYAGI

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Miyagi Pref. info with Fukushima Pref. info
MIYAGI
OUTSIDE-Map
☑Fukushima Pref.
Fukushima Pref. Info

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MIYAG 「Add Maps」
“Map catalog ”
Search !
Ex) seismic intensity
distribution map

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Import “the seismic intensity distribution map” provided by NIED
MIYAGI

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Agenda
i. Current status of disaster information
system in Japan
ii. 3 types of systems provided by NIED
iii. Demonstration experiment at wide area
training "Michinoku ALERT 2018“
iv. Current status and issues of
system-connection
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Connection status between SIP4D and
prefecture system
➢ Connected Prefecture with FY2019 national budget
⚫ Miyagi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Niigata, Nagano, Shizuoka, Mie,
Nara, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Ehime, Fukuoka,
Oita, Kagoshima, Okinawa (Total 16/47 Pref.)
➢ Connected with own prefecture budget
⚫ Hokkaido, Okayama, Kumamoto, Miyazaki etc.
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➢ Prefectural-Sys connection is progressing well.
➢ However, information sharing with activity agencies
(FD, Police, SDF) is still the exchange of paper
documents mainly.

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2020 July heavy Rain in Kumamoto Pref.
ISUT-SITE ISUT-SITE
Beefing in pref. office command center The SDF booth in pref. office
◆ ISUT-SITE (viewer only) is already very popular.
◆ However, input from activity agencies (FD, Police, SDF) is not
sufficient.
• Let me explain with the actual disaster response scene!

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ISUT-SITE (View only) in 2020 July heavy Rain
EX) Situation of isolated settlements
• It was an important task to grasp the situation of isolated
settlements.
• Data flow to create the map
1. SDF and FD grasp the situation of each settlement. ⇒ memo.
2. Kumamoto pref. person creates a table to check.
3. ISUT creates maps from the table. ⇒ It takes half-day !

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Why it takes so long?
• Because
they do not have a system that can connect to SIP4D!
Fire Department
➢ Of course, they have a system for daily firefighting activities.
➢ However, they do not have a dedicated disaster response system for sharing
information with support teams from other prefectures over a wide area.
Police
➢ Of course, they have a system for daily activities.
➢ However, it does not have system for the support team for disaster response.
The SDF (Self-Defense Force)
➢ They have a system.
➢ But basically, SDF info-system is for national defense, which can not be connected
internet for security.
No system to work with other agencies
in disaster response site.
⇒ No System to be connected to SIP4D.

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Issues to be solved from now on
➢ Prefectural-Sys connection is progressing very well.
➢ However, information from activity agencies (FD, Police,
SDF) is still shared by paper documents mainly.
➢ They do not have appropriate system for disaster response.
➢ NIED-DISS (Disaster Info Sharing Sys)
⚫ Sample system to be prepared by
each institution
⚫ Open Source
Our Next Challenge:
NIED will provide a system for activity agencies !

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Demonstration experiment in Okinawa Prefecture (Feb. 2021)
Okinawa Pref. Grand SDF – 15th Brigade
Pref. office
City Town
SDF
HQ
Okinawa pref.
Disaster Info Sys
ISUT-SITE (View only)
NIED-DISS
➢ SDF provides information from NIED-
DISS (a system provided by NIED).
➢ The Okinawa Prefecture system is
connected to ISUT-SITE through SIP4D.
XX regiment XX Company
Provided
by NIED
Original Sｙｓ
by priv.
company
Conceptual Diagram

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Okinawa Pref. Sys
SDF 15th Brigade
NIED-DISS (provided by NIED)
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Demonstration experiment in Okinawa Prefecture (Feb. 2021)

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Summary
➢ Disaster info-systems have been implemented for
each institution individually.
Therefore, to grasp the whole picture of the disaster,
it was necessary to manually integrate the
information.
➢ NIED plays a central role in developing SIP4D (Info-
Pipeline).
➢ Already, about half of the prefectures are connected
to SIP4D.
➢ We would like to provide an inlet system to activity
agencies (FD, police, SDF) for quick sharing
information.
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★NOTICE★
NIED SIP4D ISE Search
An easy-to-understand
explanation of the basic
concept and effects of SIP4D
"How do you work with
the SDF?" Introducing
the proposal of NIED
TO SEE TWO
YOU SEE ALL
With English Subtitle

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Thank you very much !