ITP-Solomon Islands: Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response Using the PTWC Enhanced Products for National Tsunami Threat Decision-Making

22 - 25 September 2015,

Honiara
Solomon Islands



Agenda



1 OPENING AND WELCOME
1.1 Opening Ceremonies
1.2 Logistics and Administrative Items, Introductions, Course Overview
2 ICG/PTWS-XXVI, Tsunami Early Warning Systems
2.1 ICG/PTWS-XXVI Outcomes, specifically for the Southwest Pacific
2.2 Responding Rapidly and Effectively: Tsunami Warning and
2.3 Tsunami Warning Center SOPs: What do Tsunami Warning Centers
3 PTWC Enhanced Products, Solomon Islands SOPs
3.1 Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) New Enhanced Products -
3.2 Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) – Present
3.3 Solomon Islands TWC SOPs using PTWC Enhanced Products
3.4 Solomon Islands TER SOPs – National, Provincial, Local
3.5 Discussion: SI SOPs – status, gaps, needs
3.6 PTWC Enhanced Products - Staging and Explanation of Each
4 PTWC Enhanced Products, TWC Operations -
4.1 Science of Earthquakes, Regional Tectonics and Seismicity, and
4.2 TWC Operations: Real-time Earthquake Detection and Fast Source
4.3 Oceania Regional Seismic Network (ORSNET)
4.4 TWC Operations: Real-time Earthquake Detection and Fast Source
4.5 Science of Tsunamis
4.6 Historical Tsunamis Affecting the Region, and Tsunami Hazard
4.7 TWC Operations: Sea Level Monitoring - Use, Instruments,
4.8 Demonstration: Decision Support Tools for Monitoring, Detection,
4.9 TWC Operations: Travel Time and Wave Amplitude Forecasting -
5 Tsunami Forecasting, NTWC and NDMO SOPs for PTWC
5.1 TER SOPs: Overview of Stakeholder Roles and Coordination, Event
5.2 TWC and TER SOPs for PTWC Enhanced Products: Guidance,
5.3 Discussion: SI Tsunami Warning and Evacuation Messages
5.4 What do TERs do with TWC information? Challenges in Alerting,
5.5 Discussion: SI Alerting and Evacuation – status, gaps, needs
5.6 Activity: Improving Response – What Happens When?
5.7 Building Awareness & Community Preparedness - strategies and
5.8 Discussion: SI Awareness and Preparedness – status, gaps, needs
6 Tsunami Hazard Scenarios, Tsunami Exercise
6.1 Tsunami Hazard Scenarios around the Pacific - Understanding PTWC Enhanced Products
6.2 Tsunami Table Top Exercise - Decision-making using PTWC
6.3 Tsunami Table Top Exercise - Decision-making using PTWC
6.4 Tsunami Table Top Exercise - Decision-making using PTWC Enhanced Products – Tonga local tsunami scenario
6.5 Final Discussion: Solomon Islands Readiness - Questions, Answers, Next Steps
7 Closing Ceremonies