Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Committee

The Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Committee coordinates and implements tsunami hazards mitigation plans and focuses on developing policies based on the current technology and science.

Origins

At the 1996 WSSPC Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors approved the formation of the Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Committee.  Member states are Alaska, British Columbia, California, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

WSSPC Members' Tsunami Publications and Web Pages

The first Committee initiative was to create a resource within the WSSPC website that showcased existing tsunami-related publications and tsunami mitigation efforts of the Committee's member states.  The web pages were maintained by David Gronbeck-Jones of British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program until his retirement.

The Committee organized two Tsunami Symposia to share efforts to improve warning procedures and implement the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. The symposia agendas are provided below.

1997 Tsunami Symposium

1998 Tsunami Symposium

Current Activities

Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington, in cooperation with NOAA's National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, have been modeling possible tsunami events that could occur on their coasts.  Progress to date on the inundation mapping effort is accessed from the NOAA website: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/time.

Next Meeting:  Friday July 9, 2010
The Omni Hotel, Broomfield, Colorado

Chair:  John G. Parrish, California Geo.

Members:
 

Mark Roberts, Alaska E.M.

John Madden, Alaska E.M.

Rod Combellick, Alaska Geo.

Bob Swenson, Alaska Geo.

Roger Hansen, Alaska S.C.

Maiclaire Bolton, British Columbia E.M.
Rick Wilson, California Geo.

Jim Goltz, California E.M.
Richard McCarthy, California S.C.

Ediene Camacho, Guam E.M.

Kevin Richards, Hawaii E.M.
Don Thomas, Hawaii S.C.

Vicki McConnell, Oregon Geo.
George Priest, Oregon Geo.
Yumei Wang, Oregon Geo.

Althea Turner, Oregon E.M.

Ken Murphy, Oregon E.M.
Gerry Williams, Oregon S.C.

Dave Norman, Washington Geo.

Tim Walsh, Washington Geo.

John Schelling, Washington E.M.