The Tokyo Fire Department is Using Animal Crossing: New Horizons to Share Safety Tips

If there’s one way to grab everyone’s attention to share safety tips in Japan, it would have to be through Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The Tokyo Fire Department is doing just that to help share safety tips on Twitter. [Thanks, Ryokutya2089.]

Here’s the first Animal Crossing: New Horizons tweet from Tokyo Fire Department, followed by an introduction:

【人気のゲームなどで防災情報を発信していきます】
全国で災害が相次いでいますが、感染防止のため皆さんと顔を合わせて防災訓練をする機会が減ってしまっています。防災に関する情報を分かりやすくお伝えするため、今、色々なことを準備しています。#防災の日 #防災週間 #新しい日常 #どうぶつの森 pic.twitter.com/v0GogYuDCh

— 東京消防庁 (@Tokyo_Fire_D) July 16, 2020

(Using popular games and such to share disaster prevention info.)

“While the entire nation has been going through one disaster after the other, we haven’t had many opportunities to practice disaster prevention due to social distancing. We’re currently planning various things to better inform everybody about disaster prevention, in a way that is easy to understand.”

【新しい防災情報の発信をはじめます！】#あつまれどうぶつの森 のボウサイ島に職員を移住させ、島の安全を見守りながら、防災情報を発信していきます！防災に興味を持って、行動に移してもらえることを願っています。準備ができ次第マイデザインの公開も行う予定です！#防災の日 #防災週間 pic.twitter.com/VoNDlqqAij

— 東京消防庁 (@Tokyo_Fire_D) July 22, 2020

(New dispatch of disaster prevention info begins!)

“We’ve relocated staff to the island of Bousai (Disaster Prevention). They will share information about disaster prevention while watching over the safety of the island.”

Here’s the latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons tweet from the department about summer heat safety tips:

【もうすぐ梅雨明け、夏の事故に注意しよう】
熱中症防止対策①こまめな水分補給、②帽子をかぶる、③エアコンや自然風で気温を下げる。
水の事故防止対策①子どもから目を離さない、②飲酒後に泳がない、③気象情報等に注意する。
詳しくは　https://t.co/1HAVBv9hA0#熱中症防止　#どうぶつの森 pic.twitter.com/27f88bzWXT

— 東京消防庁 (@Tokyo_Fire_D) July 25, 2020

(The rainy season is almost over, let’s be careful with accidents in the summer)

“Heatstroke prevention measures:

1. Hydrate yourself.
2. Wear a hat.
3. Use the air conditioner or natural breeze to be in cooler temperatures.

Water accident prevention measures:

1. Keep an eye on your children at all times.
2. Do not swim after consuming alcohol.
3. Pay attention to the weather reports.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available for the Nintendo Switch. In case you missed it, island backups will arrive on July 30, 2020.