Common Alerting Protocol WIS CAP Implementers Workshop 9-10 December 2008
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Common Alerting ProtocolWIS CAP Implementers Workshop
9-10 December 2008
Dr. Tom De Groeve
European Commission Joint Research CenterInstitute for the Protection and the Security of the CitizenSupport to External Security (Critech)
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• System for international disaster response community– Complimentary with existing
information systems– Information gap in the initial
response phase• Not for public warning
GDACS: What and Why?
• Main activities– Monitoring sudden onset disasters
earthquakes, volcanoes, cyclones, floods– Impact calculation– Alerting of subscribers
SMS, fax, e-mail, RSS– Platform for information exchange
Between donors, responders, affected governments
– Other coordination services Satellite images, maps, secondary risks,
etc.
• Main partners– United Nations and European
Commission
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Early warning and response challenges
• Information needs in a sudden-onset disaster
• Tasks– Humanitarian donors (e.g. ECHO)
Financial decision on humanitarian aid
Coordination with other donors– First responders (e.g. S&R, Local
Authorities) Planning of response, preparing
teams for missions Coordination with other international
and national responders (United Nations OCHA)
– Reconstruction Damage assessment Financial decision on aid and
reconstruction programmes
What are the needs??
What is the damage??
Who will respond??
Is it a disaster??
How many people??
What is offered??
time
What is needed now??
Did something happen?
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Early warning and response information
• Information needs in a sudden-onset disaster
• (Geographic) Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management– Early warning and alert tools
Sensors, satellites Modelling Consequence analysis Information collection
– Collaboration tools: Web portals Knowledge management and sharing Information collection, conversion,
integration
– Assessment tools Very high resolution satellite imagery
data mining Field data collection tools
What are the needs??
What is the damage??
Who will respond??
Is it a disaster??
How many people??
What is offered??
time
What is needed now??
Did something happen?
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GDACS
• The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System is a
– disaster alerting service for international response Fast and reliable multi-hazard alert service
• Earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones,Floods and Volcanic eruptions
Evaluation of potential humanitarian impact Early situation report
– coordination tool for international response Automatic information collection Expert forum Organized and moderated data collection
– one-stop shop in the early response phase of sudden-onset disasters
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• 12 May 2008, 6:41 UTC – 14 minutes after earthquake– 4500 emails, 2700 SMSs and
100 faxes sent to first responders globally
– CAP, RSS, KML and audio feed online
– Red earthquake alert: “high likelihood of a disaster, with need for international assistance”
• Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
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Cyclone category I
No people affected
Cyclone category IV
7 million people with high winds
1.8 million in storm surge zone
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Disaster
Level II Alert
Disaster
Level I Alert
Start of coordi-nation
GDACS automatic and manual event analysis
Event Alerts
VolcanoMonitoringNetworks
FloodWatch
Networks
EarthquakeObservation
Networks
Trop. CycloneObservation
Networks
Automatic Evaluation of scale of disaster
Geographical,Socio-
economic, population
data
Alert
Manual Evaluation of scale of disaster
Coordination
Eye witness and information from Local
Government, IFRC, ECHO, NGOModels
CAP CAP CAP
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Example: China earthquake, Chengdu
• Mon 12 May 2008, 6:27 UTC• 01:27 New York night• 08:27 Brussels new shift• 13:27 local time• 15:27 Tokyo• 22:27 (Sunday) LA night
• Magnitude: 7.9M (very strong) • Depth: 10km (shallow)
• Several strong aftershocks
• Location• 94km from Chengdu
• 9.7 million people within 100km• 30 million people within 200km
• Mountainous area• landslides, hydro-dams
GDACS system (times relative to event)
13min Detection of earthquake through USGS
14min GDACS Red Alert14min GDACS report published on-line
14-19min Email alert sent to 4500 users19-53min SMS alert sent to 2700 users30min GLIDE number created info
collection53-56min Fax alert sent to 100 users
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Example: China earthquake, Chengdu
GDACS system (times relative to event)
~1h GDACS Virtual OSOCC topic created1h20 UNDAC Alert Message
9h Media reports >1000 killed
1st day 1st IFRC Situation Report2nd day First OCHA Situation Report
18 May First satellite based damage map
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GDACS’s role in relief coordination
• System for international disaster response community– Complimentary with existing
information systems– Information gap in the initial
response phase
• Partnerships– United Nations OCHA, UNOSAT,
JLS, WFP, UNEP, HABITAT– Scientific organisations
Earthquakes• USGS NEIC, EMSC, GEOFON, INGV,
EMERCOM, ESRC, Russian Academy of Sciences, WAPMERR
Tropical cyclones• Pacific Disaster Centre, University of
Hawaii, Tropical Storm Risk Floods
• Dartmouth Flood Observatory Volcanic eruptions
• Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program, IVRC
Tsunamis• Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre
CAP profile(s)