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Vincenzo Lagani Institute of Computer Science, FORTH Malaga, November 21, 2011

POSEIDON Project TEWS: Tsunami Early Warning System towards devising and implementing a TEWS in Crete. Vincenzo Lagani Institute of Computer Science, FORTH Malaga, November 21, 2011 vlagani@ics.forth.gr. Presentation outline. Poseidon Project Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS)

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Vincenzo Lagani Institute of Computer Science, FORTH Malaga, November 21, 2011

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  1. POSEIDON ProjectTEWS: Tsunami Early Warning System towards devising and implementing a TEWS in Crete Vincenzo Lagani Institute of Computer Science, FORTH Malaga, November 21, 2011 vlagani@ics.forth.gr

  2. Presentation outline • Poseidon Project • Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS) • General structure • Role of SMS alerts • Poseidon Tabletop exercise May 30, 2011 • Identification of the main actors • Poseidon Command post exercise • Testing the main communication channels and procedures • Poseidon Operational exercise October 24 – 27, 2011 • Participation > 400 people eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  3. POSEIDON project • Follow up civil exercise co-funded by EU • Scenario: severe earthquake followed by a tsunami in the Mediterranean sea • Use of SMS Alerts • Table Top Exercise: May 30, 2011 • Command Post Exercise: Oct 4-5, 2011 • Operational exercise: October 24 – 27, 2011 eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  4. Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) • Objective: alerting the authorities/population of the immediate risk of tsunami • TEWS phases: • Before the earthquake: enhancing population preparedness • After the earthquake and tsunami alert: • Advicing the authorities about the tsunami alert, directing them to take action according to plan • Alerting the population of the immediate risk and provide directions for evacuation • Provide information on the progress of the disaster eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  5. Role of SMS in TEWS • SMS: Short Messages Service • Emerging as a valuable tool for disseminating tsunami alerts eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  6. Poseidon actors • Other actors: life guards, rescue boats • SMS: contributing to communication reliability through redundancy November 21, 2011 eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  7. SMS Alerts in Context SMS Message includes URL with link to message in CAP (OASIS common alerting protocol) Link to Google maps with updates SMS Message sent also in Twitter November 21, 2011 eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  8. May 2011, table top exercise • First “exercise” in the context of the Poseidon Project • http://news.pathfinder.gr/greece/localnews/713427.html (website in Greek) eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  9. Tabletop exercise: Evaluation of the SMS alarms • Technical • How much time and how many receive it • Reaction • Objective observation • Questionnaire • Understandability • questionnaire eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  10. Table Top exercise: SMS Service to Civil Protection officials • List of intended recipients: 84 • Intention was to send 1 SMS for Chania and 1 SMS for Heraklion to everyone (168 SMS) • Messagesactually sent: 109 • Distinct recipients (mobile phones): 62 (74%) • 28 recipients 1 SMS • 26 recipients 2 SMS • 8 recipients 3 or 4 SMS eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  11. Table Top exercise: SMS evaluation • Understandability, Credibility, Usability: Sufficient to Good • Need to work on usefulness! • Median elapsed time between SMS reception and reading: 2’ • Max elapsed time between SMS reception and reading: 1h 11’ eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  12. Command Post Exercise, Oct 4, 2011 • Second exercise in the context of the Poseidon Project • All the main actors were included, and all communications flows within and between headquarters were simulated eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  13. Command Post Exercise, Oct 4, 2011 • Message sent: 42 (both in English and in Greek) • Message received: 41 in English and 41 in Greek (the same recipient failed to receive both messages) • Messages for the red cross: 6 special messages (5 + 1) were sent/received by the red cross, only in Greek. All special messages were delivered. eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  14. Command Post Exercise, Oct 4, 2011 • Improvements over all measures, especially Usability • 14 respondents read the message immediately after the reception; one after 8 minutes and one after 56 minutes. eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  15. Operational exercise , Oct 24-27 2011 • Large exercise • Very recent; information about results still pending eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  16. Operational exercise, Oct 24-27 2011 • Observers (inclVIP) 43 • Coordination Centers 111 • Chania CC, Heraklion CC, Regional CC, International Cell, Exercise Command, Controllers, • Support 12 • Controllers 16 • Victims 74 • Media 15 • Players >200 • Fire brigade, Port Authority, Emergency Services, Red Cross • Foreign Teams • 24 from France • 24 from Cyprus eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  17. Conclusions • Training even for SMS • Designing the SMS alert service is important • Focus on information flows, procedures and actions • Future lays in Twitter eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  18. Discussion time Questions? eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  19. TEWS real world examples GITEWS SMS sent for advisingauthorities November 21, 2011 eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

  20. TEWS real world examples Indian TEWS Free on line registration for receiving SMS alerts about tsunami in the indian ocean November 21, 2011 eHealth 2011, Malaga, Spain

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