National Tsunami Preparedness and Response Programs

• TsunamiReady - voluntary, community-based program. Communities must:
  • Establish a 24-hour warning point.
  • Develop multiple ways to receive tsunami warnings and alert the public
  • Develop a formal tsunami hazard plan and conduct emergency exercises.
  • Promote public readiness through community education.
• TsunamiReady communities - updated information on a US map
• Tsunami Relief and Rebuilding Efforts - US Dept of State
• Tsunami Emergency Preparedness & Response - from the Centers for Disease Control
• Preparing for a Tsunami - from the American Red Cross
• National Earthquake Loss Reduction Strategy - from the US Geological Survey (USGS)
• Are you ready? An in-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness - from Dept of Homeland Security
• National Response Plan - from the Dept of Homeland Security
• Tsunami Hazards page - from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (part of Dept of Homeland Security)
• Earthquake Hazards Program - Earthquake activity maps, news, etc. - from the USGS
• Making our US Coastal Communities "TsunamiReady" - NOAA News - Jan 21, 2005
• HazNet - National Sea Grant Network website for Coastal Natural Hazards Information
• Surviving a Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii and Japan - from the USGS
• Vivid recounts of how people responded to a Tsunami Wave - from the Pacific Tsunami Museum
• Plan for an Improved Tsunami Detection and Warning System
  • National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Plan
  • Tsunami Hazard Assessment
  • Fact Sheet

State Government Programs

• Links to State Programs
• State and Regional Hazard Assessments from the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
• Coastal Warning Coordination Meteorologists and Coastal County Emergency Managers for the Pacific Region - from NWS
• Example of a County Emergency Management program - from Clallam County, WA

International Programs

• International Tsunami Information Center - established by IOC of UNESCO
• International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific
• Puerto Rico Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Program - from the Universidat de Puerto Rico
• Tsunami Risks Project in the UK - from the Natural Environment Research Council, Coventry University and University College London
• International Program links - from the National Hazard Mitigation Program