Role of the Internet for risk management at school

In case of risky situations such as natural disasters and various accidents, safety of students is the most important for school. This paper reports the an example of risk management at school in the panic situation produced by the earthquake, the tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident which occurred almost simultaneously in March 2011. The first thing to do at the risky situation was the confirmation of safety of students. Telephone line was damaged but the Internet did work. Because the Internet was alive, it was succeeded to confirm the safety of students just in three days. The way how they communicated in the panic situation is described in detail. The Internet was conveniently used to take care of the students in the panic situation in various ways including their mental care. Teacher´s volunteer work to measure the environmental radioactivity just after the nuclear power plant accident is also reported.