DISASTER PREVENTION DEVICE

There is provided a disaster prevention apparatus capable of preventing a contact object from coming into contact with a detection element while improving an inflow characteristic of a detection target with respect to the detection element.A disaster prevention apparatus includes: an outer cover 11; a thermistor 14 that detects a physical quantity of a detection target; a protective portion 12 that accommodates the thermistor 14, that is provided on the outer cover 11, and that has an opening portion 122 through which the detection target flows in and out with respect to the thermistor 14; and a prevention portion 13 that prevents a contact object from coming into contact with the thermistor 14, and that is provided in the opening portion 122. The prevention portion 13 is a projection. The prevention portion 13 protrudes from the outer cover 11 side, the prevention portion 13 is provided at a position close to a center of an edge portion of the opening portion 122, and an outer surface of the prevention portion 13 is curved.