puerto rico briefing national tsunami hazard mitigation program

Puerto Rico BriefingNational Tsunami Hazard

Mitigation Program

January 27, 2010

Pasadena, California

Puerto Rico Funding

FY08 Grant• $306,851 (Total Funding Received)

FY09 Grant• $1,000,121.00 (Total Funding Received)

FY10 Grant• $767,187 (NTHMP)• $333,200 (TsunamiReady)

PR NTHMP and TR Team

Working with the Public Officials, Mayor of Carolina and Director of Emergency

Management

Workshops9000 people impacted thru 140 events

10 Drills

TsunamiReady Vehicle

Over 150 Signs

Tsunami modeling

4 New evacuation maps

Educational Materials45,000 brochuresPrinted and distributed

Dissemination of Messagesupgrade of AHAB and 40 NWR

LANTEX 09

• 11 documents prepared and distributed in hard copy and on web site

• 14 prep activities, seminars, table tops

• Participation of 28/44 tsunami at risk communities and BVI

• Activation of EAS using RWT

• 21,000 informational materials distributed

• 10 observers at drills/table tops

• 30 media reports (TV, radio and newspaper)

TsunamiReady Communities as of December 2009

8/44=18%

TsunamiReady CeremonyDorado, May 1, 2009

TsunamiReady CeremonyManati, Dec. 9, 2009

TsunamiReady Ceremony-Aguadilla, Dec. 17, 2009

Puerto RicoIssues FY08

• Issues– In November 2008, municipal and island wide

elections were held resulting in a change of administration at state level and for many municipalities. Restriction on activities and spending due to Election period (August – December 2008)

– In December 2008, the UPRM changed its accounting system.

Puerto RicoAdditional Accomplishments – FY09– Scripts were written and tested to incorporate

new tsunami sources into MOST for the second generation of tsunami hazard maps for PR.

– The first draft of Spanish version of the Tsunami Vertical Evacuation is under revision

– Person was contracted to establish inventory of educational resources for K-12

– Puerto Rico Tsunami Ready Summit convened for May 10-14, 2010 in Mayagüez, PR.

Puerto RicoAccomplishments – FY09 Cont.

– Renewed contract with PR agency which distributes tsunami information card for tourists.

– Tsunami media toolkit under preparation.– Contract was awarded to conduct an island wide

survey on tsunami preparedness.– A draft of the tsunami response plan for the

Summer 2010 Caribbean and Central American Games has been prepared and is under revision.

Puerto RicoAccomplishments – FY09 Cont.– PRSN and PRSEMA participating in monthly

communication tests– PR will participate in LANTEX 2010– Participation in meetings with state and local

emergency managers and suppliers for the purchase of outdoor warning systems (AHABS)

– Initial contacts and support to Aguada, Cabo Rojo, Isabela and Quebradillas to become TR.

Puerto RicoIssues – FY09

• Issues– Special Assistant for PRSEMA will not be in

function until February 1. This person is responsible for convening the Puerto Rico Tsunami Technical Review Committee, preparing inventories of emergency response plans and mitigation plans and projects for municipalities and critical facilities.

– Dr. Victor Huerfano will become the PI of the Grant

Puerto RicoFY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amount of Requested

Funds

1.1 Participate in and support regional and national NTHMP meetings, sub committees and activities, as well as coordinate PR activities.

1.2 Place all NTHMP related products on the website http://redsismica.uprm.edu.

1.3 Attend and give oral or poster presentations at technical and scientific workshops and conferences to share best practices of the NTHMP and improve the capacity of Puerto Rico in NTHMP priority areas.

•Successful execution of NTHMP tsunami mapping, modeling, mitigation and education efforts.•90% of action items from Sub-Committee meetings will be completed within one year of being assigned.•Advocate tsunami research as applicable to the NTHMP •Establish an accessible web-based repository for the NTHMP-related products.•Percentage of NTHMP-related products available through web based repository from 0% in 2008 to 90% in 2012.

$30,787

Puerto RicoFY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amount of Requested

Funds

2.1 Run tsunami inundation models for local landslide sources2.2 Run tsunami inundation model for regional and teleseismic sources affecting Puerto Rico.

•Tsunami inundation maps that support informed decision making in tsunami-threatened communities•All NTHMP funded maps will meet established guidelines by 2012•Prioritize inundation map development

$120,000

Puerto RicoFY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amount of Requested

Funds

3.1 Support inclusion of in the emergency response and hazard mitigation plans for tsunami threatened communities.

3.2 Support inclusion of in the emergency response and hazard mitigation plans for tsunami threatened critical facilities.

• By 2012, increase percentage of the tsunami threatened critical facilities and communities which include tsunamis in their emergency response plan. • Assess the number of tsunami threatened communities by 2012.• Inventory each NTHMP state and federal partner mitigation activities.• Promote the development of tsunami emergency response procedures including the collaboration among federal, state and local agencies.• Support coordination of NTHMP mitigation programs with other state, local and federal mitigation programs

$28,300

Puerto RicoFY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amount of Requested

Funds

4. Begin the organization of the “Puerto Rico Tsunami Resilient Planning and Construction Practices Workshop”.

5. Development of Evacuation Maps for 10 municipalities of southern PR

• 10% of Tsunami threatened communities include tsunami in their community planning, zoning and land use planning.• Support coordination of NTHM mitigation programs with other state, local and federal mitigation programs• Promote the integration of tsunami inundation research into building codes and land use planning.

•Tsunami evacuation maps that support effective preparedness and response•Annually increase the number of tsunami evacuation maps by 10%.

$6,300

$130,388

Puerto RicoFY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amount of Requested

Funds

6.1 Organize and participate in educational events throughout Puerto Rico. Develop, reproduce and distribute informational materials.

•Earth Science Week Open house

•Workshop for teachers

6.2 Workshop for EM on PR Disaster Decision Support Tool.

6.3 Reproduce, update and distribute PR Media Tool Kit.

6.4 Conduct follow-up small scale surveys.

• Facilitate educational events• Explore the feasibility of integrating tsunami education into K-12 Curriculum• Support tsunami outreach efforts to coastal residents, media, coastal businesses and tourism• Develop and distribute tsunami educational products for the tourist community• Ensure communities are prepared to respond during a tsunami event.• Develop decision support tools for the emergency responders to better visualize and plan for potential tsunami impacts.

$249,210

Puerto RicoFY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amount of Requested

Funds

7.1 Participation of PR in monthly tests

7.2 Participate in annual end to end communication tests (LANTEX/CARIBE WAVE) and support local participation.

7.3 Execute PR Tsunami Communication Implementation Plan and purchase and install notification equipment. Workshop for teachers

• Annually increase local warning dissemination capabilities• Annually increase local warning reception capabilities • Increase percentage of response from primary recipients to the monthly TWC communications tests.• Conduct an end to end communications test of the US Tsunami Warning System

$202,202

Puerto RicoFY 10 Funding Plan/Proposal

Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported

Amount of Requested

Funds

8.1 Assist 10 new municipalities to meet TsunamiReady requirements (with this more than n 50% of the coastal communities will be TsunamiReady). Hold and organize workshops, support development of response plans and purchase, install and maintain tsunami signage.

• Increase the number of TsunamiReady recognized communities from 57 in 2008 to 105 by FY 2013• Ensure communities are prepared to respond during a tsunami event.• Promote the development of tsunami emergency response procedures including the collaboration among federal, state and local agencies.• Support tsunami outreach efforts to coastal residents, media, coastal businesses and tourism

$333,200

You always wonder, is the right message getting out…