Japan’s awareness of disaster prevention can be said to start from daily life, starting from distributing disaster prevention kits, promoting community drills, setting up evacuation sites, etc. Even in crowded urban areas, disaster prevention parks will be set up. Used as a refuge for nearby residents. Recently, Japan has introduced stove benches (かまどベンチ) in disaster prevention parks. They are usually used as ordinary park benches. In the event of a disaster, they can be transformed into stoves for emergency use by the public. It just happens to be another integrated disaster prevention in daily life. good design.
At first glance, this stove bench looks like an ordinary stone bench. It is very suitable for sitting on it and taking a rest when you are tired from walking, tired from work, tired from taking care of children, or tired from daze. However, in case of disaster or emergency, if you need to make a fire or cook, the bench can be disassembled and the stone pillars on both sides can be put up to serve as a stove. The bench plate originally placed on the stone pillar can be opened and used as another stove. Sit down on a bench.
The entire disassembly process is very simple. You don’t need to carry a tool box with you. You only need to take out two 100 yen coins from your pocket and you can easily unscrew the screws on the bench, so no matter how unexpected, sudden or sudden the situation is, All emergencies can be easily handled, which is very convenient.
The cost of the stove bench is 308,000 yen. Next time if you have a chance to go to a disaster prevention park in Japan, you might as well take a look and see if every bench has a transformation function!
