Transforming Research Into Resiliency: The Intersection of Science and Emergency Management in Tsunami Preparedness, Mitigation, Education, and Response Efforts in Washington State
Description:
In the face of natural hazards, community resilience requires a collaborative relationship between research and emergency management. Together, natural and social science provide a solid research foundation that is critical for understanding communities’ risk profile, including expected impacts and social vulnerability, and building best practices that strengthen communities’ overall resilience to natural hazards. Emergency management helps translate this information into actionable and targeted mitigation, education, alert and warning, response, and recovery efforts which help address identified vulnerabilities for long-term improvement. Neither discipline alone provides the required breadth of knowledge, skill, and subject matter expertise essential in accomplishing these efforts, but combined they ensure all factors are addressed for the best possible outcome.
Washington Emergency Management Division’s tsunami program will discuss ongoing projects in the state that increase the resilience of Washington’s high-risk coastal communities to devastating local and distant tsunamis. These projects represent a united effort between state, tribal, and local emergency management, the Washington Geological Survey, the University of Washington, Washington Sea Grant, NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, and other vital partners across the spectrum of emergency management and research fields. The presentation will include an overview of how Washington utilizes research findings and data to strengthen its tsunami maritime response and mitigation strategies, evacuation route wayfinding assessments, and Hazus earthquake and tsunami risk assessments, as well as some of the uses of the information collected during these projects.
Session: The Future of Tsunami Science, Preparedness and Response [Poster]
Type: Poster
Date: 4/19/2023
Presentation Time: 08:00 AM (local time)
Presenting Author: Elyssa Tappero
Student Presenter: No
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Authors
Elyssa Tappero Presenting Author Corresponding Author elyssa.tappero@mil.wa.gov Washington Emergency Management Division |
Dante DiSabatino dante.disabatino@mil.wa.gov Washington Emergency Management Division |
Maximilian Dixon Maximilian.Dixon@mil.wa.gov Washington Emergency Management Division |
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Transforming Research Into Resiliency: The Intersection of Science and Emergency Management in Tsunami Preparedness, Mitigation, Education, and Response Efforts in Washington State
Category
The Future of Tsunami Science, Preparedness and Response