In recent years, the number of tourists coming to Japan from overseas and the number of foreigners working in Japan have increased,
and the number of troubles in hotels and public facilities has also increased.
Among these, there are some things that require special attention from the perspective of disaster prevention.
Even if you don’t mean to, you may unintentionally create the cause of a fire or dangerous behavior may cause a disaster. This time, we will look at the points that you should be particularly careful about and think about what you should be careful about.
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1. Risks of smoking in hotel rooms
Smoking in hotel rooms is not only a major cause of “fires,” but it can also cause “false alarms.”
Automatic fire alarm detectors that detect cigarette smoke and fire are installed in each hotel room and are sensitive, so they can react to even a small amount of smoke.
Smoking can cause the detector to go off, which can be a false alarm.
In that case, the hotel will ring the bell and you will be asked to take unnecessary evacuations and emergency measures, so you should not smoke in your guest room unless it is a room where smoking is permitted.
If a fire breaks out, it will also involve other guests.
In my experience, when I entered a non-smoking room during a fire equipment inspection, the smell of cigarettes remained.
I have also seen rooms covered with plastic to prevent the detector from going off.
There were signs of smoking, so there was no doubt that someone had smoked in the room.
If you do not follow the rules, it could develop into a major fire.
Even if it does not cause a false alarm, it could be discovered late, which could lead to the spread of the fire.
It could also lead to many people being late in escaping.
In addition, careless cigarette fires can ignite futons or curtains and actually cause a fire, so it is important to monitor thoroughly and make the rules known.
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2. Improper disposal of lithium-ion batteries
Many modern electronic devices use lithium-ion batteries. If these batteries are disposed of improperly, they can cause a fire.
People who are not familiar with Japanese rules are often unfamiliar with how to separate garbage and the rules for disposing of lithium-ion batteries.
For example, if a lithium-ion battery is thrown away as regular garbage, it can cause a short circuit and catch fire.
Even if you do not consider garbage disposal to be important, a fire may occur without your knowledge after disposal.
It is necessary to make many people aware of the fire dangers that lithium-ion batteries pose.
3. Fires caused by smoking in public restrooms
Smoking in public restrooms can also pose a fire risk.
This is similar to the fire risk in hotel rooms mentioned earlier, but the fire risk caused by smoking cannot be eliminated.
For example, smoking in a restroom or careless handling of fire can cause a fire.
Toilet paper is also flammable, so careless handling of fire can cause the toilet paper to catch fire.
Also, like the hotel fire risk mentioned earlier, some bathrooms have smoke detectors, and even if nothing is happening, they may be set off by cigarette smoke alone.
As with hotels, there is both a risk of fire and a risk of false alarms.
◯Conclusion
Some tourists from overseas and people who come to Japan for work are not very familiar with the rules in Japan.
As the number of tourists visiting Japan increases, the current situation is that the risk of disaster prevention is rapidly increasing.
Disposal of cigarettes and lithium-ion batteries, even if not malicious, poses many dangers.
However, these risks can be reduced through appropriate disaster prevention education and warnings within each facility.
It is important to continue to work to improve disaster prevention awareness so that all foreign tourists and foreign visitors to Japan can stay safe.
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