Achieved 1,000 student disaster prevention specialist training!

Our university, which boasts the largest number of student disaster prevention specialist training at any university in the Kansai region, has finally achieved 2021 student disaster prevention specialist training by the spring semester of the 1,000 academic year. It has been about 2016 years since we started the "Introduction to Disaster Prevention" as a corporate cooperation course in 5.

We will continue to develop human resources with the aim of further improving society's disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities.

Immediately after the spring semester of 2021, Hyogo Prefecture declared a state of emergency, and classes started under difficult conditions following the start of the course last year.In consideration of the safety and security of the students, we created teaching materials that can be used in Web Classes so that students can continue their studies at home, in addition to managing their physical condition and securing intervals by assigning seats in the classroom, and conducted lectures.

Although it was inconvenient for the students to take the course, one of the students who took the course said, "After taking the course, I changed my way of thinking about disaster prevention. From now on, I will not think about disaster prevention easily, but I will think seriously about disaster prevention on a daily basis. , I would like to be able to take prompt action in the event of a disaster." "I thought that disaster prevention was a problem for firefighters and police. I realized that it is necessary to raise the level.”

Achieving 1000 student disaster prevention specialist training is just one passing point.

We will further promote human resource development with "disaster prevention" as a basic education for all students so that each student can acquire the ability to discover and deal with disasters that occur in various situations in society. .

* In 2021, disaster prevention specialist training courses will be held at Miki Campus (spring semester), Kobe Yamate Campus (summer semester), and Amagasaki Campus (winter semester).

Disaster prevention specialists are defined by the NPO Japan Disaster Prevention Association as “in principle, self-help, mutual assistance, and cooperation. It is a person who has been certified as having "acquired".

Disaster prevention specialists are expected to serve as citizens' disaster prevention leaders in the community and are active in various ways.

*Students who have acquired disaster prevention specialist qualifications and have undergone training on shelter management as part of their classes are commissioned as “Miki City Evacuation Center Management Supporters”.