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Dealing with Emergencies

If you are involved in an accident, witness a crime, or otherwise need help from the police, dial 110 from your phone. (Call 119 for fire and ambulance.) When you call, tell the operator:

• What kind of accident was it? (traffic accident: jiko, fire: kaji, robbery: dorobo)
• When did it happen?
• Where did it happen? (name a local building or site as a landmark)
• Information about the criminal (height, clothing, license plate number)
• What happened? (any injuries, loss of property)
• Personal Information
  • My name is John Smith: Namae wa John Smith desu.
  • My address is...: Jusho wa ... desu.
  • My phone number is 000-0000: Denwa bango wa 000-0000 desu.

If you call from a cellphone, make sure you know the phone number of the cellphone before you call. Also, if you are driving, come to a full stop before you place the call.

Making an Emergency Call from a Public Telephone

Public Telephones have emergency call buttons. An emergency call can be made with-out coins or telephone cards. When making a call, pick up the receiver, push the red emergency button and dial 110 or 119.

Emergency Voice Mail Service in case of Disaster (saigai you dengon daiyaru)

REMEMBER: 171

NTT offers a service that will let you contact your family during a time of disaster when it might be otherwise difficult to communicate with them. You can use your home telephone number (not cellphone number) to leave short messages and listen to messages.

Procedure for Leaving Messages

• Dial 171 from any NTT phone, NTT public phone, mobile phone or PHS.
• Dial 1.
• Dial your home phone number, starting with the area code (e.g. 029-000-0000).
• Leave a short message (up to 30 seconds)

Procedure for Listening to Messages

• Dial 171 from any NTT phone, NTT public phone, mobile phone or PHS.
• Dial 2.
• Dial your home phone number, starting with the area code (e.g. 029-000-0000).
• Listen to the messages.

The area code for Tsukuba is 029. The number of messages you can leave will depend on the scale of the disaster (from 3 to 10). The messages will be available for 48 hours after recording. When you listen to the messages, the first message will be the newest and the last will be the oldest. It would be helpful to tell your listeners what time you recorded the message.

This system can be very useful in times of disaster. For example, if something happens in Tokyo, it may be almost impossible to call your family member who is living in Tokyo to find out if he is okay because the lines are too busy. However, if you use this system, you will not actually be placing a call to Tokyo, so you will be able to leave messages for him and receive his messages more easily. Please inform your family and friends of this system so you can be prepared in case of emergency.

Emergency Pediatric Care

The Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital is open for emergency pediatric care from 6pm to 10pm every night. Reception closes at 9pm. On Sundays, national holidays, and the year end holidays, it is open from 9am to 5pm. Call before going to the hospital (029-851-3511). Always bring your health card.

Nuclear Accidents

There are no nuclear facilities in Tsukuba. In Ibaraki, there are nuclear power plants in Tokai Village.

• Information will be transmitted via television and radio at the following stations.
  • TV: NHK Channel 1
  • Radio: NHK at 1594kHz, NHK - FM (Mito) at 83.2MHz, IBS (Tsuchiura) at 1458kHz
• Be sure to listen to announcements from public-information vehicles and wireless disaster prevention broadcasts.
• Check with your friends and neighbors to make sure you have the correct information.
• Guard against rumors and misleading information.

City Evacuation Areas

If a disaster (natural or otherwise) occurs, please evacuate yourself and your family to the nearest evacuation site. Have a look at this list and determine which site is closest to your house.

Vocabulary

• emergency = kinkyuu, kyuukyuu
• fire = kaji
• illness = byouki
• injury = kega
• robber = dorobou
• sudden illness = kyuubyou
• traffic accident = jiko
• My name is ... = Namae wa ... desu.
• I am at ... = Basho wa ... desu.
• My address is... = Jusho wa ... desu.
• My phone number is... = Denwa wa ... desu.

See also...

• Ambulance
• Earthquakes
• Fire
• Police
• Typhoons

Topics: Emergencies
Relevant for: Tourists, Newcomers, Residents

Please note: While all efforts have been made to offer accurate and up-to-date information on this site, the information is presented as a guideline and is subject to change without notification. Phone numbers, addresses, and/or policies may have changed since this page was created. Please contact the appropriate section of the City Hall for confirmation of information and city policies.