Fire prevention - Kasaiyobo

Japanese: 火災予防 - かさいよぼう
Fire prevention - Kasaiyobo

...All costs incurred in responding to disasters are borne by the city or town, and there is no burden on the beneficiaries, as is the case in some cities overseas.
[Fire prevention affairs]
Particularly notable in the modernization of firefighting is the rapid advancement of firefighting materials, as well as the establishment of administrative systems and strengthening of authority regarding fire prevention. Previously, firefighting administration was merely a passive administration focused on suppressing fires, but the Fire Service Act enacted after World War II emphasized the importance of investigating the causes of each fire and how they spread, based on the experience of repeated large fires and disasters, and feeding back the information gained to disaster prevention administration.

*Some of the terms that refer to "fire prevention" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお,これら災害出場に要した費用はすべて市町村の負担としており,外国の一部の都市で実施しているような受益者負担はない。
[火災予防事務]
 消防の近代化のなかでとりわけ顕著なものに,消防用資材の急速な進歩のほか,行政的には火災予防に係る事務体制の整備と権限の強化が挙げられる。以前の消防事務は単に火災鎮圧だけの消極的な行政にすぎなかったが,第2次大戦後に制定された消防法では,たび重なる大火や惨事の経験から,それぞれの火災原因や拡大に至った原因を究明し,得た情報を防災行政にフィードバックさせることが重要とされた。…

※「火災予防」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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