Tsuinfo Alert, Vol. 15, No. 1, February 2013
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C o n t e n t s V o l u m e 15, N u m b e r 1 F e b r u a r y 2 01 3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Special features Departments Report from the Republic of t h e Marshall Islands 1 N e w s 8 F E M A ‘ s individual and community preparedness awards 7 0 e b s i t e s 1 . l o g s , O INION: olicy and prediction 11 ublications , reparing for repopulation (after %atrina) 12 2tate offices 1 Training video about emergency response on tribal lands 15 Material added to NT3M 4ibrary 14 Japanese debris update 16 I A 5 17 Oahu emergency evacuation plan 1, 6ideo reservations 20 Many reactor sites face tsunami ris- 12 Regional reports 3 .lac- Emergency Managers Association 16 Conferences 11 Apps 18 2 u r v e y s 11 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R E O R T F R O M T3E RE 9.4IC OF T3E MAR23A44 I24AND2 NATIONA4 DI2A2TER MANAGEMENT OFFICE Republic of the Marshall Islands National Disaster Management Office .O. Box 15 Majuro, M3 ,6,60 (692) 625A5181 http:11www.rmigovernment.org1index.jsp Emergency Preparedness From: http:11www.aahd.us1initiatives1emergency Apreparedness1 The American Association on 3ealth and Disability has been a leader in the emergency preparedness and disaster response field for p eople with disabilities. A A 3 D s t a f f C o AChair the National Consortium on Emergency Response andd Disaster reparedness with partners from the 9niversity of New Mexico and 9niversity of %ansas. A A 3 D is a memberr o f the Interagency Coordinating Council ublic 2 ector 2ubcommittee of the Department of 3omeland 2ecurity, the Amerr i c a n Nurse‘s‘ Association Expert anel on Disaster reparedness, the Consortium on CitiBens with Disabilities on Emergencc y Management and the Montgomery County 2pecial Needs Tas- Force. In a ddition, A A 3 D staff freCuently present at naa t i o n a l and state meetings on Disaster lanning for eople with Disabilities. A A 3 D 2 t a f f , C o Achair Consortium on Disabilities Emergency Management Tas- Force w w w . c AcAd.org A A 3 D 2taff invited to present at Institute of Medicine Committee on repositioned Medical Countermeasures for the u b l i c www8.nationalacademies.org A A 3 D Invited to Join Medical Countermeasure ublic Engagement Initiative (332) (A2 R) (O ) (continued on page 3) State Off ces and agenc es of emergency management: Gives mailing addresses, phone and fax numbers, websites. Does not give personnel names or job titles. http:11www.fema.gov1about1contact1statedr.shtm TsuInfo Alert is prepared by the 0ashington 2tate Department of Natural Resources on behalf of the National Tsunami 3aBard Mitigation rogram, a 2tate1Federal artnership funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAAA). It is assembled by 4ee 0al-ling, 4ibrarian, and is published bi Amonthly by the 0ashington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth R e s o u r c e s . This publication is free upon reCuest and is available in print (by surface mail), a n d a t http:11www.dnr.wa.gov1Research2cience1Topics1Geology ublications4ibrary1 ages1tsuinfo.aspx articipants in the TsuInfo program can reCuest copies of report s listed in this issue from: 0ashington Geology 4ibrary 0ashington Department of Natural Resources Division of Geology and Earth Resources 1111 0ashington 2treet 2E, M2 E7007 Olympia, 0A ,850E A7 0 0 7 3 6 0 1 , 0 2 A1 E 7 3 fax: 3601,02 A1 7 8 5 eAmail: lee.wal-lingF d n r . w a . g o v The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of NOAA, the 0ashington Department of Natural Resources, or other sponsors of TsuInfo Alert . I 2 2 N 1 , 3 8 A5 0 6 E TsuInfo Alert, v. 15, no. 1, February 2013 2 (continued from page 1) 0e invite you to preview the following documents Tsunami reparedness 0ee- activities, new map t h a t A A 3 D and our partners have developed: tools for emergency managers, new tsunami maritime A l l A A 3 D resources for Emergency reparedness and local evacuation brochure products, and planning Emergency reparedness Government Resources by for potential Japan tsunami debris. 2tate and Territory CG2 has developed a website devoted to the ef A Disaster Resources for eople with Dis abilities, f e c t s of the 2011 Toho-u AO-i tsunami in the state. D i s a b i l i t y Arelated OrganiBations and Emergency The website includes a lin- to a poster analyBing the M a n a g e r s impacts to the California maritime communities dur A Office of Disability Integration and Coordi Anation ing the 2010 Chile and 2011 Tohoku tsunamis. OverA (ODIC) all, the 2011 tsunami led to one fatality in northern Ready America California and caused damage to 27 harbors state A DisasterAssistance.gov wide, totaling nearly $100M. Effects of the tsunami 31N1 and eople with Disabilities in California could have been even worse without American Association on 3ealth and Disability recent state efforts to understand and convey the best 2008 Annotated .ibliography on Emergency available scientific -nowledge, and warning infor A reparedness and Response for eople with m a tion and ongoing tsunami education. 6isit the Disabilities website at: Compendium of Initiatives on Emergency http:11www.conservation.ca.gov1cgs1geologic_haBards1Tsun reparedness and eople with Disabilities in ami1Inundation_Maps1 ages1201 1_Toho-u.aspx CDC Funded States 2007. CG2, Cal EMA, and NOAA ANational 0eather GTips for First RespondersH 2ervice recently completed tsunami sign placement Report and Recommendations of the National plans for Marin and 2onoma counties. The plans are 0or-ing Group on The Needs and riorities of being used by both counties to initiate their sign plan A eople with Disabilities in Emergency reparedness ning and placement processes with their coastal com A and Response munities. Tsunami signage is one of the reCuirements National Consortium on Disaster reparedness and by NOAA to allow communities to Cualify as Tsuna- Emergency Response for eople with Disabilities m i R e a d y L, a program to recogniBe communities Nobody4eft.ehind Research roject I who have met criteria demonstrating enhanced tsu A nami plannin g, education, and awareness. CG2 and 3umboldt 2tate 9niversity (329) are REGIONA4 RE ORT2 close to completing two tsunami related databases: 1) a paleotsunami deposit database that will be used to C A 4 I F O R N I A analyBe existing tsunami inundation maps and help in the production of newer probabilistic haBard maps in CGS and Cal EMA collaborate on tsunam the futureM and 2) a tsunami currents database from hazard m t gat on and preparedness video recordings of recent tsunamis that will help 2ubmitted by Ric- 0ilson, CG2 evaluate modeling results within harbors and bays. The California Geological 2urvey (CG2) and .oth CG2 and 329 are wor-ing with the 9.2. Geo A the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal logical 2urvey explorin g several sites statewide for EMA) have been wor-ing together on a variety of evidence of tsunami deposits. Cal EMA and CG2 tsunami haBard mitigation an d preparedness activ A participated in a county Awide tsunami scenario Ad r i v e n ities to further understanding of how tsunamis can exercise in Marin on May 10 th. The scenario used affect the coast of California with a goal of improv A was a magnitude ,.0 earthCua-e in Alas-a‘s Aleutian ing public safety. These activities are funded by the Islands potentially inun dating parts of the Marin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration coast within 5 hours. Emergency operations functions through the National Tsunami 3aBard Mitigation and communications during an emergency were rogram, and by the Federal Emergency Manage A tested and the cities of .elvedere and Tiburon con A ment Agency through a Co AOperative Technical ducted evacuation drills with a number of their citi A artnership with FEMA Region IJ, and are de A B e n s . scribed as follows: From: 022 C E AN e w s l e t t er, Summer 2012, p. 6 On June 1,, the California Tsunami 2teering Committee held a meeting at 2an Francis c o I n t e r A national Airport. Representatives from federal, state, and county governments were on hand to discuss important issues related to tsunamis, including TsuInfo Alert, v. 15, no. 1, February 2013 3 M A R N 4 A N D see-s opportunities to prepare youngsters to be ready before and after a disaster stri-es, ma-ing Maryland(s statew de publ c safety rad o net - communities in uerto Rico more emergency work takes shape resilient through its budding members. 2he is .y 2arah Rich organiBing a Teen Community Emergency Re A 2eptember 12, 2012 sponse Team (CERT) of approximately 15 A20 Emergency Management students at her school and plans to replicate this Maryland has launched the first phase of a program in other schools in neighboring com A statewide public safety radio networ- that will allow munities, a nd eventually to all Region II juris A public safety personnel from state agencies and local d i c t i o n s . jurisdictions to communicate digitally across a The CERT rogram educates people about single, interoperable system. disaster preparedness for haBards that may im A For the complete report: pact their area and trains them in basic disaster http:11www.emergencymgmt.com1safety1Marylands A response s-ills, such as fire safety, light search 2 t a t e w i d e A u b l i c A2 a f e t y AR a d i o .