Oregon Tsunami Clearinghouse

Your community can prepare for tsunamis in many ways:

• Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center with advanced communications capability
• Understand Tsunami Inundation Map (TIM) series maps
• Develop a formal tsunami plan, which includes promoting public readiness and holding emergency exercises
• Survey residents to determine their level of tsunami awareness
• Conduct volunteer-based neighborhood education campaigns
• Organize and hold communitywide tsunami evacuation drills
• Provide local workshops targeting the business and lodging community, residents, and visitors
• Work with local schools on tsunami awareness and preparedness

For more information on how your community can prepare, contact us or take a look at what these communities have already done.

Publications:

Development in Oregon's tsunami inundation zone: Information guide for developers and local government, DOGAMI Open-File Report O-03-05, 2003, by Dennis L. Olmstead, 17 p.

Tsunami preparedness guide for Oregon lodging facilities, 2003 (97 MB zipped file), DOGAMI Open-File Report O-03-04, 2003. Set of preparedness documents specifically geared toward lodging facilities.

Also see Outreach and Education Resources.