About welfare refuge (special evacuation sites)

For those who have difficulty evacuating at evacuation shelter or at home in the event of a large-scale disaster, Yokohama has concluded agreements with social welfare facilities in the city and positioned it as a special evacuation sites.
From April 2018, the name will be changed to "welfare shelter" widely used throughout the country.

• If a large-scale disaster causes enormous damage and becomes unable to live at home, you will have to live an evacuation life in evacuation shelter, such as elementary and junior high schools.
• For those in need of advocate, such as the elderly, children with disabilities, pregnant women and infants, those who have difficulty in evacuation at gymnasiums, each evacuation shelter will have space for advocate.

→Nevertheless, welfare refuge is a secondary refuge to accommodate those who find it difficult to evacuate in evacuation shelter.

• Those who have difficulty maintaining their lives at evacuation shelter or at home and need special care.
• Professionals (public health nurses) check the situation of the individual and whether they are certified as requiring nursing care, and determine the necessity of evacuation to the welfare refuge.
• In order for the welfare refuge to fulfill the necessary functions and roles, those who are not considered eligible cannot evacuate.
• Welfare refuge is not always established immediately after a disaster.
• In principle, travel from evacuation shelter must be done by the person or family.

Social welfare facilities that have concluded agreements with the ward office (elderly facilities, facilities for the disabled, community care plazas, etc.)