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A set of marks naming which disaster a refuge suits.
Also known as: Disaster type symbols Japan
The Japanese standard set of pictograms stating which kinds of disaster a given evacuation site is suitable for.
States which kinds of disaster an evacuation site is designated for.
Contexts: Public information
Was standardised in 2016 because the previous arrangement failed in 2011: a site marked simply as an evacuation site drew people fleeing a tsunami to places designated for earthquakes and fires, which were chosen for open space rather than for height. The set exists so that a refuge can say what it is a refuge from.
Contexts: Public information
A row of square panels, each carrying one hazard figure in a single tone, mounted together beneath a site name.