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1 Fostering Disaster-Resilient Communities … (c) Copyright 2006-2010 - PDC PDC 1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 2, Kihei, Hawaii 96753 http://www.pdc.orghttp://www.pdc.org, info@pdc.orginfo@pdc.org 1-808-891-0525 - 1-808-891-0526 (Fax) DisasterAWARE University of Hawaii: Managing Partnering Stanley Goosby Chief Scientist

2 Goal of Disaster Risk Reduction: Building Safe and Sustainable Communities (c) Copyright 2006-2010 - PDC

3 PDC’s Integrated Approach  Applied Science & Technology  Capability Building  Evidence-Based Information Products Policy & Decision Makers Disaster Managers Planners Humanitarian Assist. Orgs  Here TODAY! (c) Copyright 2006-2010 - PDC Integrating Information, Science, Technology Improve Decision-Support Capabilities

4 Main Focus … (c) Copyright 2006-2010 - PDC 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 Impacts PreventionPreparationMitigationResponseRecovery End-to-end Disaster Management Decision SupportRisk & VulnerabilityCapacity Building

5 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 (c) Copyright 2006-2011 - PDC EQ Volcano Hot Spots Rain Tsunami Travel Time Storm, EQ, Volcano Intensity Zones Shake Maps (MMI) Info Sharing Mobile App Situation Reports May 10, 2010

6 (c) Copyright 2006-2011 - PDC Mobile Applications Public Disaster Alert Application (Android & iOS)

7 (c) Copyright 2006-2011 - PDC Social Media & Public Outreach Facebook Stats for March 2011

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9 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 (c) Copyright 2006-2010 - PDC

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