Tsunami Training
As part of their functions, Tsunami Information Centres (TICs) assist countries in establishing warning centers and improving tsunami preparedness by conducting training programmes – some of them periodic and others upon UNESCO-IOC Member State request.
Here you will find info on the training programmes conducted in each of the four regions advised by different TICs, which are:
Pacific Ocean
The ITIC Training Programme consists of a Hawaii-based training where the archipelago is used as a working example of an end-to-end system of warning, response, and preparedness for both distant and local tsunamis, and an International training where ITIC organises regional or country-specific training sessions.
Held annually in Honolulu, participants are provided with training and familiarisation with the ICG/PTWS’s history and operations, with sub-regional and national warning systems, and with Civil Defense concepts of operations and standard operation procedures, all of it with a special focus on:
- The role of regional and national tsunami warning centers in monitoring and evaluating the tsunamigenic potential of earthquakes;
- The importance of issuing timely tsunami warning messages to government emergency officials who can then act to save lives and reduce damage to coastal communities.
Hawaii is used as a working example of an end-to-end tsunami warning and mitigation system, demonstrating close stakeholder coordination and partnership for operational warnings and preparedness activities.
Participants engage in a series of informational presentations and visits to Emergency Operations Centers, to seismic or water level station field sites, and to the University of Hawaii if time permits and additional specialised topics can be covered based on the needs of participants.
A 1-day off-island field trip to visit the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency, the Pacific Tsunami Museum, and several tsunami memorials may be included.
The International Tsunami Information Centre's programme offers two types of training to Member States who request it:
- Technical advice missions and on-site training
These courses are regularly offered at the national or regional level. Trainers from a ‘pool of experts’ are sent to Member States in order to provide consultation, technical advice and on-site training regarding the tsunami warning and mitigation programmes managed by emergency agencies and other government personnel. - Training on end-to-end Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
These workshops assist Member States in strengthening their warning systems through references, best practices, decision-support tools, and guidance materials summarising key components, requirements, and operations to enable an effective and timely warning and evacuation against tsunamis.
Indian Ocean
IOTIC is in the process of developing training programmes with ITIC for all of the ICG/IOTWMS Member States it advises. These will consist of:
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North-eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and connected seas
NEAMTIC offers training to ICG/NEAMTWS Member States in:
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Caribbean Sea and adjacent regions
CTIC offers training to ICG/CARIBE-EWS Member States through best practices workshops and enhanced training presentations.
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Want to learn more?
ITIC Director
NOAA
UNESCO-IOC
Head of IOTIC
National Professional Officer
UNESCO-IOC
Programme Specialist
Tsunami Resilience Section
UNESCO-IOC
Head of CTIC
National Professional Officer
Tsunami Resilience Section
UNESCO-IOC
TICs' trainings and workshops follow this UNESCO-IOC guide on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to help hone and fine-tune tsunami warning and mitigation across regions.
Further impact
This community-based programme seeks to get 100% of at-risk communities certified by 2030.
ICGs and TICs plan and carry out exercises to help evaluate and enhance Member States' tsunami response.