NTHMP Annual MeetingFeb 1, 2011

ITIC Partner Briefing

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Presentation Outline

• TsunamiTeacher USA update• USDHS FEMA NDPTC Certified Tsunami

Courses update• Training and Technical Assistance:

American Samoa, Guam, CNMI LANTEX10 East Coast

• New / Revised Tsunami Awareness Materials and Products

• FY11 NTHMP Proposal

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Accredited Tsunami Courses – USDHS FEMANational Disaster Preparedness Center

• FY10 NOAA Funding ($5K, ITIC staff resources in-kind + SeismicReady (G. Crawford) + NOAA PMEL (N. Arcos))

• Issue and Challenge– Minimal sustained US training available on tsunami awareness to disaster response

agencies with continual staff turnover.

• AWR-217 Tsunami Awareness (1-day, instructor-led)– Certified (December, 2010)– Target: Professionals with tsunami responsibility (govt, non-govt, private sector,

response, planning, communities)– For delivery, contact NDPTC (Karl Kim, U/Hawaii, karlk@hawaii.edu)

• What's next? request NTHMP feedback - consultation

– Tsunami Awareness (1-day, web-based)

ITIC identifying of pool of qualified instructors for certification – Managing Tsunami Risk (0.5-day for managers) ?– Conducting Tsunami Exercises (2-day for practitioners) ?

AWR-217 TSUNAMI AWARENESSAWR-217 TSUNAMI AWARENESS

1. Hazard Assessment- What is a tsunami- What is the tsunami hazard to a community

2. Warning- What are tsunami warnings- How do they reach communities

3. Preparedness & Mitigation- How to reduce a tsunami’s impact on a

community4. Responding to Local & Distant Tsunamis

- How to respond effectively to save lives- Why is response different for local vs distant

tsunamis

Module Learning Activities apply knowledge learned to real-world tsunami scenario (LANTEX /PACIFEX)

Course Topics

TsunamiTeacher USA

A joint project of National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

International Tsunami Information Center

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WHAT: Consolidated Resource/Training Toolkit • New, existing materials• Reliable, verified• Training modules• Web, offline tool

WHY: Enable stakeholders to:• Share existing body of research / good practice

• Choose, Adapt materials

• Build awareness

• Develop local responses for saving lives, mitigating impacts

TsunamiTeacher TsunamiTeacher (international)(international)

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TARGET STAKEHOLDERS: Media, Education Systems Public (govt) / Private Sector

CONTENT:• School curricula Teacher guides, Classroom support materials• Science, History, Events• Disaster reduction / Risk management• Legislative Frameworks• Warning Systems Existing, developing new systems• Mitigation: Preparedness, Alerting, Hazard Risk, Environmental/engineering, businesses, outreach

TsunamiTeacherTsunamiTeacher

American Samoa, Guam, CNMI Outreach and TsunamiTeacher USA

• FY10 NHTMP Funding ($191K total; TsunamiTeacher ~$80K)

• Description: Develop USTT Yr 1 (compile, recommend, design). USTT will pull together wealth of US products into 1 resource / toolkit; USTT will develop new products to fill gaps

• Accomplishments – TsunamiTeacher USA: – Handouts: Assessment, Updates, General Public prototype– Assessment Report:

• Reviewed/identified US updates to intl TsunamiTeacher • Identified General Public as US-needed target audience • Adopt guidance from NRC Report Public Education (Ch 3)• Created 1 prototype for General Public module (Tsunami Basics)

– USTT to complement Trainings/Outreach• Issues

– Completion of USTT depends on NTHMP funding– Continual training and coordination needs in Pacific islands

US National Education/Training Programs• Professional development trainings to U.S. audiences exist.

Target professionals and volunteers. Examples:– NDPTC Tsunami Awareness Course– COMET’s Tsunami Warning System module– Washington State Emergency Management Division’s

Tsunami Train-the-Trainer Course• Identified Gap

– National product: consistent / concise mg to general public– Use evidence-based approaches (Ch 3, NRC report),

e.g. General Public Module - limit technical jargon, clear and concise, core action messages, portable format delivery

– Also provide avenue to educate federal/state/local leadership in time sensitive jobs, e.g., when only limited time to convey essential info

• Audience: General Public (6-12th grade education level)• Delivery: Fully narrated, with key risk info for effective response• Features: Simple, visual, fast-moving.

Short and concise (5-10 minutes)• Special Needs: Hearing impaired, sight-impaired,

Non-English speaking …• Modes of Delivery – Formats:

– Visual, Self-contained delivery– Traditional and Mobile delivery (general public’s increasing capacity to

access Internet content via mobile devices). Social Networking networks Offline: downloadable in several formats (for DVD player, computer, online, iPhone/Droid, etc)Online viewing (through web, flash, uTube, etc)

TsunamiTeacher USA Recommendations

Next Step: Create TsunamiTeacher USA• Update and improve Current Modules to include US best practices – Media,

Schools, Public (Govt, Non-Govt) and Private Sector

• Create General Public Module (6th-12th grade education level)– ID Topics (Tsunami & Earthquake) to include: request NTHMP input– Where possible, use existing products and materials– Regionalization? (HI & Pacific Islands, AK & West Coast, Atlantic & Gulf)

• Potential topics are:– Tsunami:

Tsunami Basics, Tsunami Science, Warnings, Evacuation, Exercises, Boats / Harbors

– Earthquake:Earthquake Basics, Earthquake Science, Monitoring/Locating/Sizing, Prediction

– Earthquake and Tsunami Risk (regionalized)– All-Hazards and General Preparedness

When Disaster Strikes are you preparedWhat can businesses do to prepare for tsunamis and earthquakes?How do physically-disabled persons prepare for tsunamis and earthquakes?

American Samoa, Guam, CNMI Outreach TsunamiTeacher USA

• FY10 NHTMP Funding ($191K total; TsunamiTeacher ~$80K)

• Description: Conduct tsunami outreach and capacity building; Develop US TsunamiTeacher Yr 1 (compile, recommend, design)

• Accomplishments - Outreach: – 4 training trips to American Samoa– 1 to Guam, 1 to CNMI– 6 1-day Tsunami Awareness for stakeholders with response

responsibility (NDPTC course)– Conduct Action-Action Review of 29 Sept with DHS/NWS Pago

Pago– CISN and Tide Tool installed on operations computers; awareness

materials provided;

• Issues

– Continued Outreach depends on NTHMP funding– Continual training and coordination needs in Pacific islands

LANTEX 10 Outreach• FY10 NTHMP Funding (WC/ATWC and ITIC ($2K))

• Description:

Conduct tsunami outreach to East Coast WFOs, EM agencies, first responders, port authorities, scientific and engineering agencies prior to LANTEX 2010

• Accomplishments: – 7 x 1-Day briefings from Maine to North Carolina in collaboration with

WC/ATWC.– Built basic awareness of historic tsunamis that have impacted East Coast,

identified potential future tsunami source regions and models, understanding of WC/ATWC products, development of emergency response plans and mitigation strategies.

• Issues– Continual challenge to elevate East coast tsunami awareness and planning.

Tsunami Awareness Materials – publication and printing

• FY10 NOAA Funding ($82K) and International Funding ($8K)

• Description: Update existing and develop new awareness products; Duplicate materials

• Printing Accomplishments

• Existing Materials: Tsunami Warning! Cartoon Book [20K], Surviving Tsunamis (1960 Chile) [40K], Tsunami Great Waves [75K], Tsunami Glossary [25K]

• New Materials: Earthquakes / Tsunami / Volcanic Eruptions posters [2K per set], Tsunami icosohedron globe maps [50K], Where the First Wave Arrives in Minutes (2004, 2006 Indonesia) [40K]; Tonga Tsunami Survivor Stories (partial); pens/pencils/clips/stickers

• New Materials Distributed to various NTHMP states and territories

• Issues

– Additional funds needed for new materials and for mailing from Hawaii to customers

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Tsunami Awarness Materials Mass Tsunami Awarness Materials Mass PrintingPrinting

ITIC – NGDC Collaboration

• FY10 NOAA Funding ($8K for ITIC)• Description: Collaborate to improve tsunami historical

database (quality and usefulness)• Accomplishment

– TsuDig standalone GIS tsunami database tool (v1.1)– 3 posters (Tsunami, EQ, Volcano)– Tsunami Sources - Icosohedron– IOC Post-Tsunami Field Survey Guide revision (data archiving

process); ITIC archives digitization (start)

• Issues– Technical Development of useful products for customers

Posters: World Data Center / NGDC Posters: World Data Center / NGDC ITIC, USGS, Smithsonian ITIC, USGS, Smithsonian

Global Tsunami Sources: 1650 BC – AD 2010Global Tsunami Sources: 1650 BC – AD 2010Casualties, Cause, EQ magnitudeCasualties, Cause, EQ magnitude

Significant Earthquakes: 2150 BC – AD 2010Significant Earthquakes: 2150 BC – AD 2010Casualties, magnitude, USGS 1972-2009 (M6+)Casualties, magnitude, USGS 1972-2009 (M6+)

Significant Volcanic Eruptions: 4350 BC – AD 2009Significant Volcanic Eruptions: 4350 BC – AD 2009Casualties, VEI, Smithsonian volcanoesCasualties, VEI, Smithsonian volcanoes

Complements Complements TsuDigTsuDigCopies - Contact: paula.dunbar@noaa.gov, l.kong@unesco.org

International Tsunami Information CenterFY 11 NTHMP Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amt of Requested

NTHMP Funds

Task 1. American Samoa, Guam, CNMI Tsunami Outreach, US TsunamiTeacher

• Build resilient communities inhabited by tsunami- knowledgeable public

• Establish domestic training program

• Promote community preparedness

$201,000

Task 2. DHS/FEMA NDPTC Certified Tsunami Courses

$40,000

Task 3. PACWAVE11 Outreach (with WC/ATWC)

$32,000

Task 4. Tsunami Awareness Materials

$0

(NOAA-funded)

Task 5. NGDC-ITIC Collaboration

Reliable/coordinated data; (1) Ensure integration of data / info systems (3) Extend / improve Tsunami Database; PM: Incr efficiency of archive / distr of post-event tsunami data

$0

(NOAA-funded)

Summary

• ITIC long international training experience now contributing domestically

• Emphasize consistent, 1-message national training From this, customization downstream

• Train-the-Trainer concepts adopted to increase trainer pool, especially downstream / for special needs populations

• ITIC awareness materials continue in demand Complement training - target public (such as TsunamiTeacher USA).

• Distribution on request since supply not enough for widespread global distribution. Provide UPS / FEDEX account numbers for shipping.

• Continuation of ITIC domestic services and product deliveries dependent on approval of FY11 NTHMP project funds.

UNESCO/IOC – NOAA ITICNOAA PMEL

SeismicReady ConsultingUniversity of HawaiiUSGS, Menlo Park

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