Information on daily life Refuse disposal and recycling In case of emergency ・Fire and Ambulance >> ・ Preparing for earthquakes and disasters >> ・ Communicating After a Disaster >> ・ What To Do in an Earthquake: 10 Tips >> ・Evacuation sites >> Guide to consultation services Notice		Be aware of your designated emergency evacuation site, and always have a stock of survival goods in your home. If an earthquake occurs, articles of furniture and large electrical appliances may overturn. Take appropriate measures to prevent such objects from overturning. Check the glass in your home and any concrete-block walls around your house. Repair them, if necessary. Food (non-perishable), drinking water (3 litres/day/person), portable stove, fuel, underclothes, lighter, flashlight, dry batteries, blanket, cash (including small change), sleeping bag, valuables, sheet, towels, rope, gloves, radio, emergency medical kit (EMK), candles, pen and pencil set, whistle, plastic bags (approximately five small and large bags), medicine for any chronic diseases you may have, etc. If a fire occurs, it is important that people in the community help each other to either put out the fire, or keep it contained until the fire trucks arrive. To this end, community-based fire prevention teams are organized by self-governing communities. The leader of the self-governing community is installed as the captain of the team and two fire-prevention committee members are selected. Other than training, the community-based fire prevention team is responsible for disaster-prevention activities such as checkups of dangerous places within the area and ensuring the stocks of materials, equipment, and food in the fire-prevention warehouse.