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TsunamiReady Program Summary

Lewis Kozlosky

Annual NTHMP Meeting

February 8, 2012

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TsunamiReady• Key component of NTHMP tsunami mitigation efforts

• Partnership of local NWS & Emergency Management

• Establishes basic level of tsunami preparedness

• Modeled after successful StormReady Program

• Currently 101 TsunamiReady communities

• Benefits:• Increases public awareness and understanding of tsunami threat

• Improves community pre-planning

• Improves preparedness for “all-hazards”

• Encourages consistent approach

• NOAA funding available to support TR efforts through NTHMP/ TsunamiReady grant program

• Provides for recognition of communities

As of January, 2012, there were 101 TsunamiReady sites in 10 states and territories.

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TsunamiReady Communities

17 New Domestic TsunamiReady Communities in 2011:

• Coronado, CA, the 100th Community

• Los Angeles, the 99th and Largest

Recognized Community

• Anguilla, the first International

Community

• Total to Date = 101, marked by recognition of Yauco, Puerto Rico (20th

in Puerto Rico)

• Existing and New Communities can be found here:

http://www.tsunamiready.noaa.gov/ts-communities.htm

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TsunamiReady Communities

The Number of New Communities by Year of Recognition:

• 2011 – 17; 2010 – 9; 2009 – 11;

• 2008 – 9; 2007 – 10; 2006 – 9;

• 2005 – 11; 2004 – 5; 2003 – 4;

• 2002 – 8; 2001 – 5; 2000 – 1

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• Vision: Strengthened TR program – encourages resilience (rather than minimum state of readiness)• Comprehensive mitigation, preparedness, response, and

recovery guidelines

• Drivers:• Indonesian tsunami (2004)• NOAA / NWS Service Assessments:

• Jun 14, 2005 West Coast Tsunami Warning - 7.2 off the coast of Northern CA

• Sep 29-30, 2009 South Pacific Basin Tsunami

• GAO Reports (U.S. Tsunami Preparedness): 2006 and 2010• NTHMP 5-Year Review (2007)• Recommendations from TR Stakeholder Meetings (2007-10)• NAS Study: Tsunami Warning and Preparedness (2010)• Tsunami Warning and Education Act (PL 109-424) (2006)

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TsunamiReady Improvement Plan

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• Status:• New guidelines prepared (population-based)

• New TsunamiReady website in development

• However: Plans for workshops to support strengthened TsunamiReady program development now on-hold (due to budget cuts and future budget uncertainties)

• Workshops were to have been conducted in 2011 (with NWS Regions, coastal WCMs, and Tsunami Warning Centers)

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TsunamiReady Improvement Plan

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• Still to come (pending funding availability)…• Conduct external review of proposed TR guidelines• Present to NTHMP Coordinating Committee (for

approval)• Conduct pilot testing in volunteer communities• National roll-out strategy (timeline, develop “tool kit”,

press releases and other publicity)• Update NOAA / NWS policy (NWS directives)• Create & implement new performance measures

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TsunamiReady Improvement Plan

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THANK YOU

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