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| 1 | Opening, Course Overview |
| 1.1 | Opening Welcome |
| 1.2 | Participant and Trainer Self-introductions |
| 1.3 | Programme Logistics – Health and Safety, Building and Foreign Visitor Rules, Local Transportation, Coffee/Tea/ Lunch Breaks, Information Technology Support |
| 1.4 | Course Overview, Learning Activities, Manuals, Materials, including Awareness and TW Tools, OTGA tsunami courses |
| 2 | Tsunami Early Warning, IOC Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System, Country Presentations |
| 2.1 | Responding Rapidly and Effectively: Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response Requirements |
| 2.2 | UNESCO IOC Global Tsunami System: Intergovernmental Coordination Groups; Roles of Tsunami National Contacts, Regional Tsunami Service Providers and Tsunami Information Centers, Tsunami Warning Focal Points, National Tsunami Warning Centers |
| 2.3 | Country Presentations |
| 3 | Earthquake and Tsunami Science |
| 3.1 | What earthquake science you need to know to warn for and respond to tsunami warnings? Earthquake Seismology - what, where, how, when, and damage caused |
| 3.2 | What tsunami science you need to know to warn for and respond to tsunami warnings? Tsunami generation, propagation, and inun |
| 4 | TWC and TER Overviews, Lessons Learned by Hawaii and elsewhere from past tsunamis |
| 4.1 | Tsunami Warning Center Overview: What do Tsunami Warning Centers (TWCs) do? What do TWCs provide to Tsunami Emergency Response (TER) agencies? Challenges in Detection and Tsunami Threat Assessment |
| 4.2 | Tsunami Emergency Response Overview: What do TER agencies provide to the Public? Challenges in Alerting, Evacuation, Safe-to-Return (All-Clear), and Preparedness |
| 4.3 | Lessons Learned from Past Tsunamis - Warning and Response 29 July 225 Kamchatka Tsunami Hawaii 1946, 1986, 1994 |
| 4.4 | Lessons Learned from Past Tsunamis - Warning and Response highlights, including Chile 1960; Papua New Guinea 1998; Japan 1983/1993; Nicaragua 1992 / Java 2006 / Mentawai 2010; Sumatra 2004; Tonga 2006; American Samoa/Samoa/Tonga 2009; Chile 2010; Japan 2011; Kaikoura NZ 2016, Palu and Anak Krakatau 2018, Tonga 2022, Honduras 2025 |
| 5 | Tsunami Warning Center and Emergency Response (TWC/TER) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), PTWC SOPs, TWC Topics - Earthquake Source Characterization, PTWC Enhanced Products, Travel time and Wave Amplitude Forecasting, NTWC and TER Guidance |
| 5.1 | IOC TWC and TER SOP Manual (MG 76), SOPs and checklists: TWC Operations for Distant, Regional, and Local Tsunamis - Monitoring, Detection and Evaluation, Communications, Message Dissemination |
| 5.2 | Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: Crisis Event SOPs: Earthquake and Sea Level Monitoring (Data networks and acquisition, qualitycontrol/ health status), Earthquake Analysis Methods, Threat Analysis, Forecasting, Products, Dissemination |
| 5.3 | TWC Operations: Real-time Earthquake Detection and Fast Source Characterization, Methods and Limitations: Locating Earthquakes, Estimating Magnitudes |
| 5.4 | TWC Operations: Real-time Earthquake Detection and Fast Source Characterization, Methods and Limitations: Determining Fault Mechanisms, Using GNSS/GPS to constrain co-seismic deformation |
| 5.5 | Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Products - Why, What, Criteria, Staging of Products; Explanation of Each Product: Public Text, Graphical Deep-Ocean Tsunami Amplitude, Coastal Tsunami Amplitude, Coastal Tsunami Amplitude Polygons, Tsunami Amplitude Statistics, Coastal Tsunami Amplitude KMZ file (videos and discussion) |
| 5.6 | PTWC Operations: Travel Time Forecasting – Methods, Limitations, and Uncertainties |
| 5.7 | PTWC Operations: Wave Amplitude Forecasting – Methods (ATFM, SIFT, RIFT), Limitations, Uncertainties and Sensitivities |
| 5.8 | NTWC and TER Guidance on how to use PTWC Enhanced Products for National Warnings and Evacuation - Land and Marine Threats and Public Safety: Flow Charts, Criteria Tables, Timeline-driven SOPs, Message Templates (IOC MG 76) |
| 6 | Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems (TWMS) - Hawaii example, Hazard Assessment |
| 6.1 | Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems - Hawaii example |
| 6.2 | Tsunami Hazard Risk Assessment: Modeling and Mapping of Tsunami for Inundation and Land Evacuation - Hawaii example |
| 6.3 | Tsunami Hazard Risk Assessment: Modeling and Mapping of Tsunami for Port and Harbor Planning and Response - Hawaii example |
| 7 | Hawaii TWMS: City and County of Honolulu, Dept of Emergency Management visit |
| 7.1 | Visit Honolulu Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Emergency Operations Center: County Response to PTWC Tsunami Products, Tsunami Evacuation (vertical), Alert Dissemination / Siren System, Signage, Preparedness and Mitigation, including Tourist and Special needs population readiness |
| 8 | TWC operations and decision support tools |
| 8.1 | Welcome to IRC, Group Photo |
| 8.2 | 2 Groups, 2 Sessions, Switch after 45 minutes |
| 9 | Hawaii TWMS: Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency visit |
| 9.1 | Visit Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA), Emergency Operations Center, State Warning Point: Response to PTWC Tsunami Products, Hawaii Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Siren System, Preparedness and Mitigation |
| 10 | TWC Operations - Sea Level and Tsunami Monitoring, NTWC Competencies, Small group SOP discussion |
| 10.1 | TWC Operations: Sea Level Monitoring - Methods, Instruments, Limitations, Challenges |
| 10.2 | Improving Tsunami Warning - Emerging Tools and Technologies: ITU/WMO/IOC SMART Cables for Observing the Ocean |
| 10.3 | NTWC Competencies (PTWS, 2023) |
| 10.4 | Session 1 (Sep 19), Session 2 (Sep 24): Review & improve your Review & improve your TWC and TER SOPs / Checklists. Small group discussion and question-and-answer. Reference for Day 9 Exercise Hawaii Wave 2025 Week 1 presentations (countries 1-18) Week 2 presentations (countries 19-23) PTWC, ITIC 9 |
| 10.5 | Sea Level Monitoring for Tsunamis a. University of Hawaii Sea Level Center b. Sea Level Station Instrumentation - 'show-and-tell' |
| 11 | Tsunami Emergency Response (TER) SOPs, Local Source SOP, Communications, Tsunami Event Flow |
| 11.1 | SOPs and Checklists: TER operations - Example Warning Plans for Coordination of Information Flow and Evacuation (IOC MG 76). Private Sector SOPs. Developing timeline-driven SOPs (Who does What, and When (Roles and Responsibilities)?) |
| 11.2 | Local-Source Tsunami Response Best Practice (approved at ICG/PTWS-XXVIII, 2019) |
| 11.3 | Emergency communications - Robustness, reliability, redundancy. Technologies for the downstream transmission of warnings to communities. Case Study: Palu, Indonesia tsunami, 2018 |
| 11.4 | Improving Response and Managing (reliable and unreliable) Information Flow during an Event: Media and Social Media - Good Practices |
| 11.5 | Learning Activity: Improving Response – Tsunami Warning and Emergency Response - What happens during an event? |
| 12 | UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready |
| 12.1 | Implementing Tsunami Ready programs to recognize community readiness - UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme - Guidelines, Recognition Process (IOC MG 74) |
| 12.2 | Building Awareness and Community Preparedness - Tsunami Evacuation Planning - considerations and requirements. Preparing for Community Tsunami Evacuations: from inundation to evacuation maps, response plans and exercises (IOC MG 82) |
| 13 | Hazard Assessment |
| 13.1 | TR ASSESS-1: Tsunami Hazard Risk Assessment - Data Requirements, Methods, Techniques. Case Study - Using ComMIT / MOST tsunami model for hazard assessment |
| 13.2 | TsuCAT (Tsunami Coastal Assessment Tool) - Uses, Limitations. Local scenario uncertainties |
| 13.4 | Hazard Assessment - IOC Regional Efforts on Tsunami Seismic Sources - Caribbean, Central America, South China Sea, Southwest Pacific meeting outcomes, and upcoming plans for Colombia and Ecuador and other locations |
| 13.5 | Hazard Assessment - Role of Tsunami Deposits, Chile and Cascadia Examples |
| 14 | Evacuation Planning |
| 14.1 | TR PREP-1: Making Community-based Evacuation Maps, Routes, and Signage - guidance |
| 14.2 | Evacuation maps when inundation modeling is not possible or practical - Case Study - Caribbean example |
| 14.3 | Did you escape the wave? Ala Moana Tsunami Evacuation Drill 1. Instructions and preparations 2. Create Evacuation Map ('paper and pencil' or electronic) |
| 14.4 | Evacuation when there is no time or high ground. Designing buildings to withstand tsunamis - ASCE 7 2016, International Building Code 2018, and FEMA P- 646 rev 3 (2019) |
| 14.5 | Did you escape the wave? Ala Moana Tsunami Evacuation Drill - Final Instructions |
| 15 | Tsunami Response Plans, Awareness, Exercises, Tourists and Special Needs Populations, Marine Readiness |
| 15.1 | TR RESP-1 and RESP-2: Making Tsunami Response Plans and Managing Emergency Response - guidance, how-to, and templates |
| 15.2 | TR PREP-3 and PREP-4: Increasing Awareness - 1. Strategies and examples, World Tsunami Awareness Day, 2. IOTIC and ITIC examples |
| 15.3 | TR PREP-3: Awareness Learning Activity 1. Using online tools such as Canva to create materials 2. Create Public Awareness Material (poster, presentation, video, etc) 3. HOMEWORK: Finish, submit on Day 9. Shared on Day 10 |
| 15.5 | TR PREP-5: Increasing Preparedness - Tsunami Exercises and Drills, Guidance: IOC Tsunami Wave Exercises (IOC MG 58), IOC Community Tsunami Exercise Guideline (IOC MG 86) - guidance, how-to, and templates |
| 15.6 | IOC Exercises: PACWAVE, CARIBE WAVE, IOWAVE |
| 15.7 | Tsunami Evacuation: Tourist and Special Needs Population |
| 15.8 | Marine Sector Readiness - US and international resources, Japan Ports and Harbors SOPs |
| 16 | Small group SOP discussion, RUNAMI Board Game |
| 16.1 | Session 1 (Sep 19), Session 2 (Sep 24): Review & improve your Review & improve your TWC and TER SOPs / Checklists. Small group discussion and question-and-answer. Reference for Day 9 Exercise Hawaii Wave 2025 Week 1 presentations (countries 1-18) Week 2 presentations (countries 19-23) |
| 16.2 | RUNAMI, Tsunami Ready board game - instruction and playing |
| 17 | Exercise Hawaii Wave 2025 (EHW-25) |
| 17.1 | Exercise Hawaii Wave 2025 (EHW-25) Tsunami Exercise, Decision-making using PTWC Enhanced Products - EXPLAN: Introduction, Format, Conduct |
| 17.2 | EHW-25 Tsunami Exercise Preparation Guidance - "Country" TWC / TER SOPs, Criteria Tables, Response Plans, Alerting, Media, Evacuation, Cancellation, etc |
| 17.3 | EHW-25 Tsunami Exercise Preparation - "Country" TWC / TER SOPs, Criteria Tables, Response Plans, Alerting, Media, Evacuation, Cancellation, etc |
| 17.4 | EHW-25 Tsunami Exercise - setup and last instruction |
| 17.5 | EHW-25 Tsunami Exercise - Decision-making using PTWC Enhanced Products |
| 17.6 | EHW-25 Post-Exercise Evaluation Preparation - Press Conference: Situation Report and Briefing |
| 18 | Awareness Sharing, Evacuation Drill Hotwash, EHW-25 Press Conference, ITP Logistics wrap-up |
| 18.1 | Sharing: Public Awareness products using Canva |
| 18.2 | Ala Moana Tsunami Evacuation Drill Hotwash: Did you escape the wave? |
| 18.3 | EHW-25 Tsunami Exercise Hotwash - Press Conference: "Country" brief followed by "Media" / Audience Question-and-Answer |
| 18.4 | ITP-Hawaii 2025 Logistics wrap-up |
| 19 | UN Ocean Decade, Calendar, Summary, Closing |
| 19.1 | UN Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme |
| 19.2 | 2025-26 Calendar: ICG and TOWS WG Action Items and Priorities |
| 19.3 | Summary Discussion (Way Forward, Next Steps, Gaps and Needs): UNESCO IOC Tsunami Ready, World Tsunami Awareness Day, UN Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme |
| 20 | Presentation of Certificates and Closing Ceremony |