Fostering Disaster-Resilient Communities …

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DisasterAWARE

University of Hawaii: Managing Partnering

Stanley GoosbyChief Scientist

Goal of Disaster Risk Reduction: Building Safe and Sustainable Communities

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PDC’s Integrated Approach

Applied Science & Technology

Capability Building Evidence-Based

Information Products Policy & Decision Makers Disaster Managers Planners Humanitarian Assist. Orgs

Here TODAY!

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Integrating Information, Integrating Information, Science, TechnologyScience, Technology

Improve Improve

Decision-Support Decision-Support CapabilitiesCapabilities

Main Focus …

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• Bridge Science-Decision Maker Gaps • Increase EARLY WARNING Time• Provide Integrated Operating Environment• Enhance Situational Awareness• Better Understanding of Disasters …• Support to Humanitarian Assistance• Training and Technical Assistance

Saving Lives & Reducing ImpactsPreventionPrevention PreparationPreparation MitigationMitigation ResponseResponse RecoveryRecovery

End-to-end Disaster Management

Decision Support

Risk & Vulnerability

Capacity Building

What is DisasterAWARE?What is DisasterAWARE?

Integrated Multi-hazard Hazard Monitoring

Disaster Early Warning Automated / Integrated

Modeling Exposure (Risk) Maps &

Historical Hazard data Customized Impact Modeling

AND Intra-Agency Info Sharing

User Added Situation Reports Damage Products, …

Remote Access

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EQVolcano

Hot Spots

RainTsunami Travel Time

Storm, EQ, Volcano Intensity Zones

Shake Maps (MMI)

Info Sharing

Mobile App

Situation Reports

May 10, 2010

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Mobile ApplicationsMobile ApplicationsPublic Disaster Alert Application (Android & iOS)

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Social MediaSocial Media& Public & Public OutreachOutreach

Facebook Stats for March 2011

Gaps Translating still water storm surge

information into hazard impacts Lack of storm surge inundation

models that can support near-time decision making

Pacific wide maps depicting storm surge hazard

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