Phase B Evaluation Questionnaire for Civil Protection Authorities and Emergency Management Organizations of NEAMWave21

EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CIVIL PROTECTION AGENCIES (OR CIVIL DEFENCE) and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS (CPA/EMO)

This survey is a follow up to the NEAMWave21 Tsunami Exercise. You are requested to fill in the survey in your capacity as a Civil Protection Agency or Emergency Management Organization who participated in Phase B of the NEAMWave21

Your responses are very important in order to further evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of NEAMWave21 and the results will be used to further improve NEAMTWS and plan for future exercises.

Country

Institution

What type of tsunami exercise was implemented (if you organized an orientation seminar, go directly to Q.11 after replying to this question)

Orientation seminar (please, provide participants list, i.e. agencies such as fire service, coast guard authorities, police, etc)

Drill - command post exercise (please, provide participants list, i.e. agencies such as fire service, coast guard authorities, police, etc)

Table top exercise (please, provide participants list, i.e. agencies such as fire service, coast guard authorities, police, etc)

Functional exercise (please, provide participants list, i.e. agencies such as fire service, coast guard authorities, police, etc)

Full Scale exercise (please, provide participants list, i.e. agencies such as fire service, coast guard authorities, police, etc)

1. From which authority did you receive the warning messages?

2. What are the procedures to transmit/receive the alert messages between the NTWC/TNC/TWFP and the national CPA/EMO?

From the above question, If applicable, which communication channels are used?

3. Were there any problems identified in using these communication channels?

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Please, specify (if applicable)

Are these channels adequate?

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If No, please specify:

4. Did you modify the Tsunami Warning Messages you received for national use?

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If yes, please attach the customized messages.

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How was this procedure performed?

5. Does the CPA have procedure in place for the receipt of tsunami messages and the consequent operational activation?

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If yes, describe briefly

Does your country have emergency response plans for tsunamis? If so, at which territorial level are they developed (national/regional/local plans/…)?

6. Were there any particular preparations done for NEAMWave21?

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If yes, please provide a description of them, specifying participants, agenda, key messages identified, plan of action, tasks sharing, etc

7. Was the exercise considered useful to assess/test the national response to tsunami events?

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If yes, please specify:

8. Were national SOPs for message dissemination and national/local/sectoral emergency response plans (partially/fully) tested?

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If yes, please specify:

9. Were the tsunami messages received by the national CPA/EMO useful to understand the situation and to take the consequent operational decisions?

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If no, please specify

What improvements can you suggest?

10. Who are responsible for alerting the public (citizens) in case of a tsunami event at the national regional and local level and what are the procedures for this mechanism?

11. Are there tsunami alert levels defined in national alerting mechanism?

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Please specify

12. Did you evaluate the vulnerability of the communication channels and foresee any redundancy/ backup solutions? Please specify.

13. Is it possible to estimate the time between message reception from Message Provider and dissemination of the alert to the public in national tsunami warning chain?

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14. Are there procedures in place to handle the communication with the media in case of a tsunami warning?

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If yes, please specify

15. Were there any media news and or press coverage on the exercise?

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If yes, please specify and provide links

16. Do you think NEAMWave21 will contribute to the improvement or the development of tsunami preparedness for future events in your Country? What kind of follow up actions did you plan?

17. Any other comments on the NEAMWave21 exercise:

18. Do you have any suggestion for the next tsunami exercise?