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Useful Links
General Safety
Medical Resources and Links
Disaster Preparedness
Emergency and Evacuation Resources
Emergency Supplies Checklist
Getting in Contact
Disaster Preparedness Handbook
Social Health Insurance
JET Accident Insurance
Mental Health
Sexual Health
Medication
Alcohol Abuse
Immigration
Status of Residence "Visa" (All 3rd Year JETs)
Travelling Abroad
Residence Administrative Procedures
Leaving JET Immigration Procedures
Important Documents
Money
Japanese Taxes
Home Country Taxes
Teaching Resources
Lesson Plans
Video Resources
Online Teaching Journals
Studying Japanese
Japanese Class
Self-Study
Category:
Kana
Kanji
Vocabulary
Grammar
Listening
Reading
Writing
Speaking
JLPT Prep
Resource Type:
Applications/Programs
Books
Websites
Leaving JETs
Important Documents
Immigration - Status of Residence "VISA"
Return Airfare
Moving Checklist
Shipping and Forwarding Services
Selling/Disposing Your Belongings
Sending Luggage to the Airport
Pension Refund
Procedure A
Procedure B
Working After JET
Reverse Culture Shock
JET AA
Useful Links
Disaster Preparedness
In the event of an emergency, follow these 4 steps:
Important note: Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 for each additional emergency or disaster.
After a disaster, you should go to your base school/office once it is safe. Your base school/office will most likely be an evacuation center. Since all teachers (this includes AETs) are “public servants”, they must report to their school to help setup the school as an evacuation center. This will also allow your daily supervisor to confirm your safety. If you do not have a base school, please report to your Board of Education.
**NOTE** In a disaster, the lines of communication can go out quickly and unexpectedly. We recommend that you become familiar with several different communication methods. Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Disaster Message Boards were the best method for many JETs.
- Make sure you are safe. Your own safety is your number one priority.
- Contact your daily supervisor and report your condition and location as soon as possible.
- Contact your Prefectural Advisor as soon as possible.
- Once it is safe to do so, go to your base school/office.
Important note: Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 for each additional emergency or disaster.
- For example, if there is a large earthquake, please follow steps 1 -3.
- If there is a large aftershock, follow steps 1 -3 again.
After a disaster, you should go to your base school/office once it is safe. Your base school/office will most likely be an evacuation center. Since all teachers (this includes AETs) are “public servants”, they must report to their school to help setup the school as an evacuation center. This will also allow your daily supervisor to confirm your safety. If you do not have a base school, please report to your Board of Education.
**NOTE** In a disaster, the lines of communication can go out quickly and unexpectedly. We recommend that you become familiar with several different communication methods. Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Disaster Message Boards were the best method for many JETs.
Disaster Preparation Checklist
- Exchange contact information (email address, phone number, address, etc.) with your daily supervisor.
- Add your PA's contact information to your phone.
- Give your contact information to your supervisor every time you travel.
- Locate the nearest evacuation centers (hinanjo), police boxes (koban), and hospitals (byouin). Your evacuation center is generally the closest school or government building. (See links in the "Emergency and Evacuation Resources" section to find your nearest evacuation center)
- Prepare an emergency pack and an emergency stockpile of essential items, as described in the Kyoto Disaster Preparedness Handbook below.
- Set your mobile phone to receive Emergency Warning and Earthquake Early Warnings. (See links under "Emergency and Evacuation Resources" for a guide on how to do so through Docomo, Softbank, and AU)
- Register with your embassy/state department and save your embassy's number into your phone.
- Have mailing lists ready (on your PC and phone) including your family, supervisor, and PA so that you can contact them immediately after a disaster, as lines of communication can stop working quickly.
Click here to get the emergency pocket guide for JETs.
If any of your information (phone number, email, address, etc) has changed, you need to update your contact information! Click here to update your information with the CLAIR safety confirmation system.
- Print and fill out the guide and keep it in your wallet for emergencies!
- Instructions and more information are available on the JET Programme website.
If any of your information (phone number, email, address, etc) has changed, you need to update your contact information! Click here to update your information with the CLAIR safety confirmation system.