Tsunami Awareness Training (FEMA approved AWR 217) - Aptos
March 27, 2015, 9 am - 5 pm ()
Event Location:
Aptos, California
Contact Person:
Brian Ballard, bballard@acgov.org, 925-560-5871
Full Description:
Tsunamis are low frequency, high consequence natural hazard events. Tsunamis can cause great loss of life and property damage. This course presents the tsunami hazard, current hazard assessment tools and products, tsunami warning and dissemination of systems, and effective community response and tsunami risk reduction strategies.
This course is designed to enhance the participants’ abilities to support their organizational preparedness and response efforts. At the conclusion of the course, a scenario-based group activity challenges participants to identify effective actions that help reduce the impacts of a tsunami hazard in their community.
This is an awareness-level course that provides a basic understanding of tsunamis, hazard assessment, warning and dissemination, and community response strategies to effectively reduce tsunami risk. The goal of this course is to enhance the participants' abilities to support their organizational preparedness and response efforts.
Course modules include:
-Science and Hazard Assessment Tools
-Tsunami Detection and Warning Process
-Preparedness and Response
-Exercise Scenario
-Tsunami Mitigation