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State of Alaska program activities
NTHMP Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, August 2019
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dan Belanger
Dmitry Nicolsky and Elena Suleimani
Barrett Salisbury, DeAnne Stevens
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Addressing near-field tsunami hazards
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Community-specific tsunami mitigation approach
Community needs
Scenario building
Modeling
Outreach
UAF ADG&GS
DHS
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History of the product line: 1998 - 2019
1998 High-resolution maps and reports
2014 Regional maps
2016 Maritime
Pedestrian
Subsidence
Update/revision
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tsunami.alaska.edu
Tsunami map portal, optimized for mobile devices
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Outreach and Education
16 local outreach events from January till August
SEOC Training
Native Coastal Summit NTWC Open House
Tsunami Roadshow
Local High Schools
NTWC Tours
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Community Visits and Presentations & Sirens
Siren Install, Maintenance, Troubleshooting
• TsunamiReady Renewal Sand Point & King Cove • Tsunami presentation 12 remote locations - Adak - Homer -Port Lions - Atka - Seldovia -Sitka - Perryville -Old Harbor -Valdez - Pelican -King Cove -Seward • School outreach 6 remote communities • Outreach materials to 9 communities • Kodiak Tsunami Workshop
120 miles
1516 miles straight
1,192 mi Distance from Adak to Anchorage
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Community Interpretive Signs
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Tsunami WEA Polygons
Alaska team developed shapefiles to describe more precise locations for where a Tsunami Warning would alert via wireless emergency alerts (WEA).
Partnered with the NWS WFOs, NWS Western and Alaska Regions, emergency management, and science/GIS partners and Rocky to produce the shape files requested
Reviewed by NTWC to ensure alignment with current NTWC tsunami alerting areas and current breakpoints and NWS zones
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Dr. Elena Suleimani Geophysical Institute/University of Alaska Fairbanks (907) 474-7997 [email protected]
Dmitry Nicolsky Geophysical Institute/University of Alaska Fairbanks (907) 474-7997 [email protected]
Dan Belanger Earthquake & Tsunami Program Manager/EMS II Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (907) 428-7034 [email protected]