The purpose of this Act is to protect the national land and the lives, bodies, and properties of citizens from disasters by formulating basic principles, establishing the necessary system through input by the national government, local governments, and other public institutions, and, in addition to clarifying where responsibilities lie concerning disaster management, drawing up a basic policy on necessary disaster control measures including formulation of disaster management plans, disaster prevention, emergency disaster control measures, disaster recovery efforts, reconstruction from disasters, and financial measures concerning disaster management, thus developing and promoting a comprehensive and systematic disaster management administration and contributing to the preservation of social order and securing the public welfare.
定義第二条第一項第一号・法令全体に適用
暴風、竜巻、豪雨、豪雪、洪水、崖崩れ、土石流、高潮、地震、津波、地盤の液状化、噴火、地滑りその他の異常な自然現象又は大規模な火事若しくは爆発その他その及ぼす被害の程度においてこれらに類する政令で定める原因により生ずる被害
わかりやすく言うと
暴風、豪雨、地震、津波、噴火などの異常な自然現象や、大規模な火事・爆発によって生じる被害のことです。被害の程度がこれらに似た原因で政令で定めるものによる被害も含まれます。
定義第二条第一項第二号・法令全体に適用
災害を未然に防止し、災害が発生した場合における被害の拡大を防ぎ、並びに災害の復旧及び災害からの復興(以下「復旧復興」という。)を図ること