This paper reports preliminary findings from the fieldwork conducted in June and September 2022 on disaster education initiatives in Thailand. Firstly, we think that in-service teacher education can off er an effective means of disseminating disaster education in Thailand. Secondly, we found that disaster risk reduction education is mostly taught in social studies at school and that evacuation drills are conducted as extracurricular activities with the support of experts. It also became clear that, unlike schools in Japan, schoolteachers and schools in Thailand do not have a specific role to play in the event of a disaster. In other words, children are considered to be part of the local community and hence, to be rescued by the local authorities. Nevertheless, the role of education in fostering disaster awareness is significant, and we hope to contribute the development of content for disaster education and in-service teacher education for the pre-school and early primary school years.