Regional Training for Northeastern Caribbean, CARIBE-EWS PTWC Enhanced Products, 4-8 November 2013

 

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

4-8 November 2013
La Romana Dreams Hotel, La Romana, Dominican Republic

Hosted by the Caribbean Tsunami Information Center (CTIC)

Supported by UNESCO and the UNDP regional office for OECS and Barbados, through
Enhancing Resilience to Reduce Vulnerability in the Caribbean (ERC) Project

The ITIC and the PTWC, along with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Tsunami Unit, conducted regional training on Strengthening Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and the PTWC New International Tsunami Products, November 4-8, 2013, in Dominican Republic. The Training was hosted by the Caribbean Tsunami Information Center (CTIC). The training invited participants from the National Tsunami Warning Centers and National Disaster Management Offices of ICG/CARIBE-EWS (including Tsunami National Contacts (TNC) and Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFP)) for Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, St Kitts and Nevis, Sint Maarten, UK (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Turk and Caicos), USA. The ITIC, a partnership of NOAA and the IOC and operated by the NOAA NWS Pacific Region since 1965, has served as a primary resource assisting countries to build and strengthen their tsunami warning systems. This training supported ITIC’s mission and commitment to strengthen the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System.

This 1-week training workshop will cover essential topics involved in end-to-end tsunami warning. In event 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 VIII (2013) and introduced in CARIBE WAVE 2013.

Informational Documents

Document Title Format/Type
IOC Circular Letter (English) PDF (115 KB)
Agenda (English) PDF (152 KB)

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