Course 3

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Course 3 Tsunami Mitigation, Preparedness,
Response and Recovery
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Disaster Stages
EVENT
Post-Event
Pre-Event
Response
Preparedness Education Outreach Emergency
Planning Mitigation soft mitigation
hard mitigation
Relief
Recovery
Lessons from Event Reduce Vulnerability
Improve Planning Education
Mitigation
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What we will cover
Emergency Management Planning
Emergency Management Principles - ICS Converting
hazard information into usable products
Evacuation zones, Evacuation Routes,
Signage Notification - The Last Mile
disseminating warning information NOAA Weather
Radio, Sirens Exercises
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What we will cover
Social Science Framework
Community Resilience Local Champions Behavior Asse
ssment
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What we will cover
Education and Outreach
Principles - defining your message Vehicles Media
Maintenance Institutionalization
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What we will cover
Mitigation
Construction guidance Zoning Vertical
Evacuation Vegetation Incentives
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Todays Exercise
Tsunami Exercise
Tsunami Drill
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Todays Exercise
Table top - Real time Earthquake trigger -
tsunami bulletins Alert Status - Warning, Watch,
Advisory
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Todays Exercise - Bulletin 1
Questions I - General 1) What time(s) of day
(locally in your country) does the earthquake
occur? 2) How much time elapsed between the
earthquake and the first bulletin? 3) How would
this bulletin be received in your country? How
would you (personally) receive this bulletin?
How much time would it take for the message to
get to you? 4) What alert status does this
message give for areas in your country? 5) How
much time do you have in your country between
receiving the message and the arrival of the
first waves?
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Todays Exercise - Bulletin 1
Questions II - National Procedures 1) How
would this message be handled in your country?
2) Would it be evaluated by national experts?
What terminology would your country use for
Warning and Watch? 3) Would a new message be
generated by national institutions? If so, what
would it say? Who is responsible for determining
the alert status? How much time would it take to
write this message? 4) How would alert messages
be distributed in your country? Who would receive
the message and how would you confirm that they
receive it? 5) Who has the responsibility for
ordering or requesting evacuations in your
country? 6) How will questions about the
alert bulletin be addressed?
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Todays Exercise - Bulletin 1
Questions III - Local Procedures 1) How will
local authorities and coastal residents receive
alert information? 2) What is the
responsibility of local officials for
evacuation? 3) How will questions from local
authorities be handled?
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Todays Exercise - Bulletin 1
Questions IV - Considerations 1) Will your
coastal areas have access to non-national sources
of information such as media sources, or other
national tsunami bulletins? 2) How do you
handle reports from the media? 3) What
additional information do you wish you had? 4)
Are there special issues in your country that
need to be addressed?
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Todays Exercise - Bulletin 2
Questions 1) What does this bulletin say?
What does it mean for your country? 2) What
time does this bulletin arrive? How much time
has passed between this bulletin and the first
bulletin? 2) How will you respond to this
bulletin? How will you handle the cancellation
notice? 3) How will you make sure local
jurisdictions receive this information?
Post Event
Questions 1) Do you have a procedure to
collect information and assess the response to
this event? 2) Do you have a procedure to share
what you learned with other agencies and/or
countries? 3) Do you have procedures to
implement changes based on lessons learned from
this event?