FY08 Washington State National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) Proposal

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FY08 Washington State National Tsunami Hazard
Mitigation Program (NTHMP)Proposal

• George Crawford
• Washington State Emergency Management

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Task 1 Mitigation and Preparedness

• Support the NTHMP and Tsunami Ready Program with
  an FTE that coordinates all program activities
  for Washington State
• Support quarterly State/Local Tsunami Workgroup
  meetings, approximately 8 coastal workshops,
  approximately 5 coastal tsunami exercises and
  NTHMP meetings
• Partner with NOAA Pacific Services Center to
  develop an interactive Tsunami Hazard Information
  Service that provides residents and visitors
  online access to the tsunami evacuation zones
  maps, as well as general tsunami awareness
  information
• Partner with King County and several
  corporations to complete development of Map your
  Neighborhood DVD and to translate into Spanish
  and Russian
• Develop an All Hazard Alert Broadcasting (AHAB)
  Radio DVD to train private/public sectors and
  citizens/visitors on tsunami warning protocols
  for Washington using the AHAB Radio
• Reprint education materials and tsunami brochures
  for local tsunami communities

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Task 1 Mitigation and Preparedness

• Provide seed money to four tsunami counties to
  fund a person to support tsunami education of
  citizens, responders and businesses in the
  tsunami inundation zone (4 _at_ 25K)
• Continue to support social science activities in
  coastal communities to allow the state to measure
  tsunami preparedness of communities and areas
  that need additional work
• Deployment, Maintenance and Improvement of
  tsunami warning evacuation signs and evacuation
  routes in tsunami coastal communities
• Support of international tsunami efforts through
  the United Nations Intergovernmental
  Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO/IOC), the
  International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC)
  and other related international programs
• Task 1 Costs
• Labor 75,000
• Non-Labor 219,000

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Task 2 Inundation Modeling and Mapping

• Based on modeling of Everett by NOAA/PMEL,
  develop an inundation map, evacuation map and
  brochure(s)
• Inundation maps and evacuation maps put into an
  ARC IMS Server
• LIDAR to support ground failure/tsunami
  evacuation route mapping (State funded effort)
  for Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Long Beach, La Push, and
  Ocean Shores
• Modeling of worst case distant event (by
  NOAA/PMEL) for Port Angeles and Neah Bay (Grids
  are complete) and Aberdeen and Hoquiam
• Task 2 Costs
• Non-Labor 280,000

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Task 3 Tsunami Notification Infrastructure

• AHAB Radio Satellite time and spare parts for
  AHAB Radio
• Alert and notification communication systems
  (AHAB Radio and NWR) for coastal communities
• Participate in end to end tests of tsunami
  notification/alert systems including
  communications testing of local systems and
  semiannual Drop, Cover, and Hold Drill/Tsunami
  Drill
• Task 3 Costs
• Non-Labor 296,000

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Task 4 TsunamiReady

• Partner with NWS-Seattle/Portland to update media
  tool kit and to provide annual tsunami training
  for broadcasters that support tsunami warning
  procedures and communication protocols
• AHAB Radio for warning the Hoh Tribe (High Risk)
  
• NOAA Weather Radios for low income/Special Needs
  population in at-risk tsunami community in
  Pacific County (Pilot Project)
• Task 4 Costs
• Non-Labor 72,500

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Task 5 Multi-State Project

• TsuInfo Alert Newsletter
• Task 5 Costs
• Non-Labor 50,000
• (Contract with DNR)

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Total NTHMP Cost

• Labor 75,000
• Non-Labor 917,500
• Total 992,000