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Washington State Report to National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. Presented By: John Schelling Earthquake/Tsunami Program Manager Washington State Emergency Management Division.
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Washington State Report to National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Presented By: John Schelling Earthquake/Tsunami Program Manager Washington State Emergency Management Division
2008 Accomplishments Washington State Emergency Management & Department of Natural Resources ($307,700 Funding Received) • Worst Case Distant Event Modeling Completed for Washington State by PMEL • WA State Military Department executed an agreement with private land owners for evacuation of populated areas within the inundation zone that have minimal high ground. (Six years in the making!) • In partnership with WA DNR and local jurisdictions, WA EMD continued to provide training on the Disaster Response Guidebook for Hotels and Motels on the Washington Coast. • Six (6) hotels in Ocean Shores, WA and twenty (20) hotels in Long Beach, WA participated in the training during 2008-2009. • The Broadcasters Tsunami Emergency Guidebook was updated and distributed throughout all of Seattle and to 100% of coastal broadcasters. (Developed in 2006 and Updated annually) • WA DNR completed development of the Tacoma Tsunami Inundation Map
2008 Accomplishments Washington State Emergency Management & Department of Natural Resources ($307,700 Funding Received) • WA EMD, USGS, and Local Jurisdictions partnered to produce a tsunami public education video entitled “Tsunami Preparedness in Washington.” • Features a 7-min. video and 6 chapters that provide in-depth information on preparing an evacuation route, developing an evacuation kit, tsunami warning process, native oral history, etc. • Jefferson County was recognized as a TsunamiReady Community. • Washington is the first state in the lower 48 to have all of its outer coastal counties recognized as Tsunami Ready. • Continuing to work with WA Department of Natural Resources to publish bi-monthly issues of TsuInfo Alert • Continued Installation of All-Hazard Alert Broadcasting (AHAB) Sirens in coastal communities (8 installed in 2008-2009).
Pilot Train-the-Trainer (T-3) Program The purpose of the T3 Program is to train a cadre of professionals that are qualified to serve as Tsunami Public Education Instructors at the community level. Tsunamis • To achieve this, the T3 Program provides participants with a basic understanding of fundamental principles and concepts in: • Tsunami Science • Tsunami Warning • Tsunami Risk Reduction • Conducting community-level Tsunami Public Education • WA EMD/PMEL/and USGS conducted a pilot T3 course in which 20 instructors from 9 cities, counties and tribes participated. To date, T-3 graduates have conducted at least 12 community workshops for a minimum of 339 participants.
2009 Accomplishments Washington State Emergency Management Division & Department of Natural Resources ($958,830Funding Received) • PMEL has begun modeling of Seattle Fault Tsunami in Lake Washington. • The Draft Everett Tsunami Inundation Map has been completed by WA DNR for review by local jurisdictions and military installations. • WA EMD has contracted with the Univ. of Washington Hazard Mitigation Institute to complete a vertical evacuation siting study for Pacific County, WA. • An RFP has been completed by WA EMD to solicit bids for a performance evaluation of the All-Hazard Alert Broadcast (AHAB) system. • A revised T-3 course is in the final development stages by WA EMD contractors. This version of the curriculum incorporates “lessons learned” from the pilot in early 2009. • The WA Tsunami Program has coordinated with local emergency managers from the four (4) outer coastal counties and developed a routine, consistent testing regimen of AHAB sirens.
2009 Accomplishments Washington State Emergency Management Division & Department of Natural Resources ($958,830Funding Received) • Pacific County Emergency Mgt., Shoalwater Bay Tribe, and WA EMD implemented a pilot program to distribute 63 NOAA Weather Radios to low-income families on the Tokeland Peninsula in September 2009. • NWS Seattle/Portland worked with WA EMD and the Cities of Ilwaco and South Bend and the Shoalwater Bay Tribe to become TsunamiReady. One application approved, two in process. • The NW Tribal Emergency Management Council and WA EMD have begun planning activities for deployment of disaster supply caches to coastal tribes in early 2010. • WA EMD finalized contract with David Johnston with GNS for social science research projects over the next four-year period.
NEW Products! – All Hazards Guide • WA EMD and Grays Harbor County partnered to produce a new tsunami focused publication. • 40,000 copies distributed in Grays Harbor Co. via Daily World Newspaper • Template for other counties to follow • LOW Cost! (0.28 cents per copy) • Can be updated annually and supported by local business!
Washington State All-Hazard Alert Broadcasting (AHAB) Network In Progress (4) • Makah Tribe • Pt. Townsend-N. Beach • Sequim • Seiku/Clallam Bay • Operational (58) • Aberdeen (2) • Bay Center • Cape Disappointment • Copalis Beach • Diamond Point • Fort Worden • Grayland (3) • Hoh Tribe • Hoquiam • Ilwaco • Island County • La Push (Quileute Tribe) • Long Beach • Lower Elwha • Lummi Nation (2) • McAlder • McMillin • Moclips • Neah Bay • North Cove • Ocean City • Ocean Park (4) • Ocean Shores (4) • Orting (3) • Puyallup (2) • Pacific Beach • Pacific Park • Point Roberts • Port Angeles • Port Townsend (2) • Sandy Point • Seattle (3) • Seaview • Sumner • Surfside • Taholah (Quinault Nation) • Shoalwater Bay Tribe (2) • Westport (3) • Camp Murray (Controller) • 96 AHABs needed along outer coast • 47 of 58 are satellite linked • Current: 50 tsunami, 8 volcano
Issues Encountered by Washington State Emergency Management Division All Hazards Alert Broadcasting System (AHAB’s) • Maintenance Broadcasters book • Keeping it current Tsunami Evacuation Maps • Mapping non-modeled areas Social Science Survey’s • Implementing suggested changes within communities (buy-in) TsunamiReady • Getting communities to apply
Washington State Emergency Management FY 10 Funding Request FY 10 Funding Request for Multi-State Projects
Washington State Emergency Management FY 10 Funding Request Summary • Washington State Program Funding $962,546.74 • Multi-State Project Funding $50,000.00 • Total Funding Requested from NTHMP and Tsunami Ready $1,012,546.40 • Note: Funding Summary includes 14.6% Agency Indirect Cost