NTHMP Partners
Federal and State Partners
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA) role in the NTHMP is defined in the Tsunami
Warning and Education Act (P.L. 109-424) of 2006. NOAA’s
primary role is as the conductor and organizer of the NTHMP. This
role includes ensuring the NTHMP Steering Committee includes
representatives of relevant Federal, State, local and tribal
government officials. NOAA must ensure the NTHMP
Steering Committee has the ability to: 1) recommend
how funds appropriated for the NTHMP will be allocated;
2) ensure all U.S. Coastal State, Territories, and Commonwealths
have an opportunity to participate in the NTHMP; 3) ensure
the NTHMP can provide recommendations to the National Weather
Service to improve the TsunamiReady Program; and 4) ensure
all components of the program are integrated with ongoing
hazard warning and risk management activities, emergency
response plans, and mitigation programs in affected areas,
including integrating information to assist in tsunami
evacuation route planning.
NOAA also supports the NTHMP by: setting standards
of accuracy for NTHMP-developed inundation models; promoting
community outreach and education networks to ensure community
tsunami readiness; promoting the adoption of tsunami warning
and mitigation measures by Federal, State, tribal, and local
governments and non-government entities; conducting tsunami
research; and operating the U.S. Tsunami Forecasting and
Warning Program.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Department
of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency
(DHS/FEMA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
State, Territorial, and Commonwealth Partners roles
Alaska
Hawaii
Oregon - Oregon Emergency Management
Washington
California
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Puerto Rico
Guam
American Samoa
U.S. Virgin Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
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