Training of Sendai City Community Bosai Leaders

Human Capacity Building

To vitalize autonomous disaster prevention organizations and raise the level of community disaster prevention capacity, Sendai City started training of Sendai City Community Bosai Leaders (SBL)(※) based on an original training program in 2012. In eleven years up to 2022, 1,069 persons including 249 women have been trained as SBLs.
At normal times, SBLs mainly conduct preventive activities, such as compiling autonomous disaster prevention plans and planning and implementing effective drills suited to the characteristics of each area, while at times of disaster, they play a leading role in community autonomous disaster prevention activities by helping people evacuate and directing rescue and relief activities, etc.
Following the initial training, Sendai City stages annual city-wide and district-based backup training sessions, thereby enabling SBLs to improve their knowledge and skills and strengthening links between SBLs and with local areas.

Disaster Imagination Training

Drill to rescue people from a collapsed building

Lecture on the basics of evacuation center
operation

Links

DRR Practice④ Citizen and company participation in disaster risk reduction

InquiriesDisaster Risk Reduction Promotion Section,
Crisis Management Department
kks000130@city.sendai.jp