According to the investigations performed by Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan in 2002, there totally 1,420 streams were categorized as potentially hazardous stream of debris-flow. The frequency of debris-flow occurrence increases with large-scale in the restoration area of central part of Taiwan after chichi earthquake in 1999. Consequently, debris-flow hazards and the associated prevention countermeasures have now become a major concern in disastrous remedies. However, due to the distinct characteristics of debris-flow, which is significantly different from the mountain flooding, the planning and design of prevention works against debris-flow need to be carried out with great care.This paper presents the design of prevention countermeasures such as consolidation-type sabo dam, open-type sabo dam and debris retention basin on the basis of the factors and conditions controlling the occurrence of debris-flow and the principles of overall planning of debris-flow prevention. In addition, the main causes of the damage of structures and facilities used to prevent debris-flow hazards in the past were also analyzed and discussed. It is of great advantage to the engineers to take the case histories and lessons depicted as a reference in their planning and design works without encountering difficulties.