When a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred or is imminent, as provided for by laws and regulations or under an area disaster management plan, the mayor of a municipality must promptly implement fire-fighting, flood prevention, rescue, and other necessary emergency measures to prevent disaster or the spread of a disaster (hereinafter referred to as "emergency measures").
When a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred or is imminent, pursuant to the provisions of an area disaster management plan, the committee of the municipality or its members, any public organization in that area, administrators of facilities important for disaster management, and other parties responsible for the implementation of emergency measures as provided for by laws and regulations must implement emergency measures concerning the function or operations under their jurisdiction under the jurisdiction of the mayor of a municipality, or must cooperate in the implementation of emergency measures undertaken by the mayor of a municipality.
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「災害」
Damage caused by a storm, tornado, heavy rain or snow, flood, slope failure, debris flow, storm surge, earthquake, tsunami, soil liquefaction, volcanic eruption, landslide or other abnormal natural phenomenon, or by a large fire or explosion or another cause that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as causing damage on a similar scale.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
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「地域防災計画」
A disaster management plan for a particular area: the plan for a prefecture made by its prefectural disaster management council, the plan for a municipality made by its municipal disaster management council or mayor, and the plans for areas spanning two or more prefectures or municipalities made by joint committees of their councils.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (x)· applies throughout the law
emergency measures
「応急措置」
Fire-fighting, flood fighting, rescue and other emergency measures needed to fend off a disaster or stop it from spreading.
Short name set inArticle 62, paragraph (1)