In the event of an extremely anomalous and severe disaster, for which shelter or emergency temporary houses (hereinafter referred to as "shelter, etc." in this Article) are remarkably insufficient and it is found particularly necessary to provide disaster victims with houses speedily, that disaster is to be designated by Cabinet Order.
When designation under the preceding paragraph is made, the provisions of Article 17 of the Fire Service Act (Act No. 186 of 1948) do not apply to the shelter, etc. which the head of the local government establishes in the areas and during the period provided for by Cabinet Order.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, according to mutatis mutandis application of the Fire Service Act, the head of the local government must specify the standards concerning the installation and maintenance of equipment for fire-fighting related to shelter, etc. prescribed in the same paragraph, fire-fighting water, and facilities necessary for fire-fighting activities, prevent disaster at the shelter, etc. and take necessary measures to ensure public safety.
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disastermachine translation
「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
sheltermachine translation
「避難所」
A facility where residents and others who have left their homes to evacuate stay for as long as they need to, or where affected residents who cannot find a place to live and other disaster victims stay temporarily.
Defined inArticle 33-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
shelter, etc.
「避難所等」
In Article 86-2, the shelters or emergency temporary housing for a disaster.
Short name set inArticle 86-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article