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NTHMP Annual Meeting Feb 1, 2011 ITIC Partner Briefing

This presentation outlines the updates and plans for TsunamiTeacher USA, a consolidated resource and training toolkit for stakeholders to share knowledge and develop local responses to mitigate the impacts of tsunamis.

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NTHMP Annual Meeting Feb 1, 2011 ITIC Partner Briefing

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  1. NTHMP Annual MeetingFeb 1, 2011ITIC Partner Briefing

  2. 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

  3. 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) ?

  4. AWR-217 TSUNAMI AWARENESS Course Topics • Hazard Assessment • What is a tsunami • What is the tsunami hazard to a community • Warning • What are tsunami warnings • How do they reach communities • Preparedness & Mitigation • How to reduce a tsunami’s impact on a community • 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)

  5. TsunamiTeacher USA A joint project of National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program International Tsunami Information Center

  6. TsunamiTeacher (international) • 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

  7. TsunamiTeacher • 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. TsunamiTeacher USA Recommendations • 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)

  11. 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 prepared What can businesses do to prepare for tsunamis and earthquakes? How do physically-disabled persons prepare for tsunamis and earthquakes?

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  15. Tsunami Awarness Materials Mass Printing

  16. 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

  17. Posters: World Data Center / NGDC ITIC, USGS, Smithsonian • Global Tsunami Sources: 1650 BC – AD 2010 Casualties, Cause, EQ magnitude • Significant Earthquakes: 2150 BC – AD 2010 Casualties, magnitude, USGS 1972-2009 (M6+) • Significant Volcanic Eruptions: 4350 BC – AD 2009 Casualties, VEI, Smithsonian volcanoes • Complements TsuDig Copies - Contact: paula.dunbar@noaa.gov, l.kong@unesco.org

  18. International Tsunami Information CenterFY 11 NTHMP Funding Plan/Proposal

  19. 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.

  20. UNESCO/IOC – NOAA ITIC NOAA PMEL SeismicReady Consulting University of Hawaii USGS, Menlo Park

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