The Wide-Area Disaster & Emergency Information System
To be installed in the all 47 prefectures until the year 2001.
Disaster information system linking between municipalities, local governments, health care offices of local governments, the Ministry of Health and other governmental organizations, hospitals designated as disaster medicine operation units, EMS and the fire stations, medical associations and non-governmental organizations.
Also used as daily emergency medical care information system
To be given priority in the use of public telecommunication lines in disaster situation