Regional Training for South China Sea Countries, PTWS PTWC Enhanced Products, April 2014

Regional Training Workshop on Strengthening Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response
Standard Operating Procedures and the Development of the ICG/CARIBE-EWS Pacific
Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) New Enhanced Products

1-5 April 2014

Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales (CESNAV), Mexico D.F., Mexico
Hosted by the Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre (CTIC)
and the Government of Mexico through its Navy Secretary (Secretaria de Marina SEMAR)

Supported by UNESCO/IOC, USAID/OFDA/LAC, UNDP regional office for OECS and Barbados

This 1-week training workshop will cover essential topics involved in end-to-end tsunami warning. Inevent time, the topics include event monitoring and detection, threat evaluation and warning, alert dissemination, emergency response, evacuation, and public action. An effective tsunami warning system is achieved when all people in vulnerable coastal communities are prepared to respond appropriately and in a timely manner upon recognizing that a potential destructive tsunami may be approaching. Meeting this challenge requires round the-clock monitoring with real-time data streams and rapid alerting, as well as prepared communities, a strong emergency management system, and close and effective cooperation between all stakeholders. Stakeholders must be able to work in coordination and with good understanding of each other’s roles, responsibilities, authorities,procedures, and action during a tsunami event. Planning and preparedness, and practicing in advance of the real event, are important to familiarize agency staff with the steps and decision-making that will need to be carried out without hesitation in a real emergency. In this context, the training emphasizes the development of sound tsunami warning and emergency response standard operating procedures (SOPs) as a key requirement for successful end-to-end warning. The Training includes an information and feedback session on the proposed PTWC Enhanced Tsunami Products. These products were approved for development by the ICG/CARIBE-EWS-VII (2012) and introduced in CARIBE WAVE 2013 and 2014.

 Informational Documents