West Coast Earthquake Early Warning: A Moment to Act

ShakeAlert Pilot Projects for 2018 The ShakeAlert Education Symposium

Bill Steele, The Washington ShakeAlert Pilot Facilitator , September 29th 2018

University of Washington The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network [email protected] ShakeAlert User Categories Things (automated systems) People (personnel, public) • Slow/stop trains, traffic, • Drop, cover, and hold on aircraft, vulnerable actions • Move away from hazardous • Close valves, stop pumps, areas machinery, processes • Secure delicate procedures • Equipment to safe mode • Others?

2 USGS Partnership Agreements

Project Partners User and Developer Levels • Cooperative Agreements • Beta Users (exploring) • UW, UO, Caltech, UNR, • User agreement or UC Berkeley, UNAVCO, CWU • NDA • MOUs • Non-commercial Pilot • FEMA - IPAWS alert auth. • License • Cal OES • Commercial Pilot • Natural Resources Canada • TAA + license to develop • Operations • TAA + license to operate Pilots: At least partly ready in 2018 User Te c h P ar t n e r Sector Application BART none Tr an sp o r t at i o n , r ai l Slow trains Caltech Everbridge Education Alert personnel City of Los Angeles TBD City Government Alert employees via app City of Los Angeles TBD City Government Alert people in city hall EWEB none Water system Close valves, gates, trip hydro generation units JPL none Education/research Alert personnel at DSN, open fire station doors LA Co Medical Srv’s TBD Health Care Alert personnel, extend to other facilities LA Metro EWL Tr an sp o r t at i o n , r ai l Alert personnel including train & bus operators LA Unified Schools EWL School District Alert students in 3 schools NBC/Universal EWL Entertainment Media Alert personnel, radio, VOIP, LA Co FD doors Northridge Hospital GSS Health Care Alert personnel via radio, pager ODOT none Tr an sp o r t at i o n Activate stoplights/warning lights on bridges. PG&E none Utility Alert personnel Regatta Condo EWL Residential high-rise Alert residents, open doors Regroup none Mass Notification Integrate w/ Emergency Notification offering Sammamish Water RH2 Water system Close valves, stop pumps Santa Monica CC EWL Education Alert personnel UCB Police none Edu/Public Safety Alert personnel, extend to football stadium USC Police none Edu/Public Safety Alert personnel, extend to medical center WashDOT None Tr an sp o r t at i o n Alert personnel, stop ferry operations

*BOLD are live today, others applications are being processed Private Sector: • Alaska Airlines • The Boeing Company Other PNW ShakeAlert Testers • Intel Corporation Federal Government: • Microsoft • PACCAR Inc • Bonneville Power Administration • FEMA Region X • British Petroleum • Ocean Networks Canada • Puget Sound Energy • Natural Resources Canada • Beta Tester for OSH • NOAA/PMEL • Providence Health & Services • Naval Air Station Whidbey Island • USGS Local Government: • Portland Bureau of Emergency Management NGOs: • City of Seattle Office of Emergency Management • North West Healthcare Response • Seattle Public Utilities (Water, Sewer, Garbage, Networks) Network • Seattle City Light • Port of Seattle Our research partners: • Sound Transit • OSPI for development in Public School Districts • Hawaiian Volcano Observatory • Central Washington University State and Provincial Government • Caltech • University of Oregon • Emergency Management of British Columbia • Berkeley Seismology Laboratory • Oregon DOGAMI • USGS • Oregon DOT • Early Warning Labs • UW, UO, CWU UUW (Medical Centers, Trauma Center) • Washington DNR, EMD • Washington DOT TYPICAL MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM DURING AN EARTHQUAKE…

THIS EMPTIES

THIS BURNS

THIS RUPTURES IF YOU HAD WARNING…

CLOSE VALVE

CUT POWER AND STOP PUMP

LIMIT FLOW

Reversible, Fault tolerant, actions Water and Gas Main ruptures, 1994 Northridge CA Earthquake Broken Water mains limited fire fighting options

Fire Storm approaches the San Francisco . Burning Victorian future site of SF Chronicle What Factors Contribute to School Safety?

• The Plan: Planning and Training Faculty and Staff • The Building: Structural Retrofits or modern code standards • The Classroom and contents: Non-Structural Hazard Mitigation – Annual Effort • Education and Practice: Training Students and exercising personal protection actions New opportunity with ShakeAlert: • Communication of impending hazard • Others??? How do we best fit ShakeAlert into your School Safety Tool Box? How can these improvements be funded?

• Capitol Project funding for building retrofits

Funding for lower cost activities • Community Sponsors • PTA’s • Foundations • Businesses • Other?????