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National Tsunami Early Warning System
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL TSUNAMI
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM?
Upon receiving the call from the
Meteorology Division, Digicel and
SamoaTel will immediately send the text
messages to the pre-selected
representatives in the villages which
includes village mayors, church ministers,
school principals, hotel/motels/beach
resorts representatives as well as the key
personnel of the member agencies of the
Disaster Advisory Committee and all the
members of the National Disaster Council.
The following are the standard operating
procedures to be followed by everyone for
the different level of alerts.
A tsunami early warning system is the
means of receiving information from the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii
about a possible tsunami and disseminating
this information to the response agencies,
media and the general public. For Samoa,
the Meteorology Office receives the
tsunami bulletins from Hawaii through the
Emergency Management Warning
Information Network (EMWIN), facsimile,
and email. The information provided in the
tsunami bulletin is used to calculate the
distance of the epicentre of the earthquake
from Samoa as well as the direction and to
produce our local tsunami bulletin.
This local tsunami bulletin is then issued to
all the television and radio stations around
the country by delivering them to their
locations. The television and radio stations
broadcast and telecast this information for
the public's information. However this
means of alerting the general public is not
effective if a tsunami occurs during the
early hours of the morning as all television
and radio stations will be closed. Hence
the use of the Global System for Mobile
(GSM) communication network or the
mobile telephones to send text messages
to pre-selected representatives of villages,
media and the response agencies.
Step 2: Tsunami Watch
Be prepared and stay away from rivers,
bridges and the sea
Inform everyone of where to go and how
to get there
Step 3: Tsunami Warning
Upon hearing the church/school bells in
villages and sirens in the urban area,
evacuate immediately to designated
evacuation sites, use only designated
vehicles, run or walk.
Step 4: Tsunami Warning Cancellation
Designated people (text message
recipients) in the villages and urban areas
will inform you that the warning has been
cancelled; return home or place of work
upon hearing this information.
(Note: for those in the Apia and Salelologa
urban areas as well as those within the
vicinity of the Faleolo International Airport,
the warning cancellation signal is the
deactivation of the sirens).
The pre-selected text message recipients
for the villages include village mayors,
church ministers, school principals, owners
of hotels, motels and resorts, and "Sui ole
Malo". The pre-selected text message
recipients for the media and the Disaster
Advisory Committee are their key
personnel.
National Standard Operating Procedures
for the Tsunami Early Warning System:
Step 1: Tsunami Advisory
This tsunami advisory is send to the
members of the Disaster Advisory
Committee ONLY for their information.
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FILL-IN-THE-GAPS
Upon receiving the call from the ________ Division,
______ and ______ will immediately send the text
messages to the pre-selected representatives in the
villages which includes _____ mayors, ______
ministers, school principals, hotel/motels/beach resorts
representatives as well as the key _______ of the
member agencies of the _______ Advisory Committee
and ___ the members of the National Disaster Council.
The following are the standard operating _______ to be
followed by _______ for the different level of alerts.
THE-FOUR-STEPS
Write the four steps for the National Standard Operating
Procedures for the Tsunami Early Warning System
STEP 1:
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STEP 3:
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