Establishment of a support system by safety and health experts to protect the safety and health of disaster responders

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K11945
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 震災問題と人文学・社会科学
• Research Institution: University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
• Principal Investigator: MORI Koji 産業医科大学, 産業生態科学研究所, 教授 (50230066)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 久保 達彦 産業医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (00446121)
• Research Collaborator: TOYODA Hiroyuki ; TAKAHASHI Tetsuo ; ANAN Tomomi ; HIRAOKA Koh ; TATEISHI Seiichiro ; KAJIKI Shigeyuki
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 災害 / 産業保健 / 危機管理体制 / Incident Command System

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to examine the system for ensuring the safety and health of disaster responders in Japan, we gathered necessary information through literature surveys and interviews.
In the U.S. and U.K. surveys, the functions for safety and health for responders were positioned at any level of crisis, and experts on health and safety were secured for the ensuring the effective functioning at the time of crisis. As a result of investigating the correspondence at the Kumamoto earthquake, occupational health experts provided safety and health measures in the relatively large municipality and company, and, in a small-scale municipality it took time to build a support system.
It was considered necessary to establish the system in which occupational health experts can participate while utilizing existing disaster medical/health teams.

Free Research Field

産業医学