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TSUNAMI POLE PROJECT A collaboration of Haida Gwaii communities and partners Lori Wiedeman (CAO) Daniel Fish (CAO) Ruby Decock (CAO)

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TSUNAMIPOLEPROJECT

AcollaborationofHaidaGwaiicommunitiesandpartners

LoriWiedeman(CAO)DanielFish(CAO)RubyDecock(CAO)

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Background• HaidaGwaiiisanarchipelagoofover150islandslocatedoffofthenorthcoastofBritishColumbia.

•  Thereisanimpendingtsunamiriskacrossallcommunities,soitisimperativethatbothresidentsandvisitorsalikearepreparedandknowwherethehazardzonesandsafezonesareintheeventofatsunami.

• Withthisinmind,thecommunitiesacrossHaidaGwaiipartneredonthetsunamipoleprojectwithEMBC,BCHydroandTelus.“Preparationiskeytosurvivalintheeventofanearthquakeortsunami”GovernmentofBritishColumbia

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TheChallenges

COMMUNICATION

We’reinatsunamihazardzonebutalsohavelimited

communicationpossibilitiesinsomeareas.

SIMPLICITY

Weneedtodeviseasystemthatisbotheasytomaintainandeasytounderstandbybothvisitorsandlocals.

CONSISTENCY

Weneedanapproachthatweareabletoimplementuniformlyacrossallour

communities.

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OurSolution

• Communication:Visualindicatorspaintedonutilitypolestoinstructvisitorsandresidentsonwherethehazardzonesareandwhereitissafetogointheeventofatsunami.

• Simplicity:OurTsunamiPoleProjectutilisesexistinginfrastructure,caneasilybemaintained,cannotbestolenandiseasilyunderstood.

• Consistency:Weworkedtogethertoimplementthisacrossourcommunitiestoproduceauniversalapproach..

“EarthquakescanposeaserioustsunamithreathereonHaidaGwaii.Thisprojectisagreatexampleofourcommunitiesworkingtogethertoprovideaclearindicationofwherethesafezonesare.”

-GregMartin,FormerMayor,VillageofQueenCharlotte

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Whatmadethisunique?

A UNIQUE COLLABORATION USE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

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Weworkedtogethertomaphydropolesacrossourislands

TelephonepolesacrossourcommunitiesweremappedusingLiDARdatafromCHN/FLNRORD

Usingaplanninglevelof10metersabovesealevelasasafezone,eachcommunitywas

mappedandcodedwithhazardandsafezones

Mapswerepreparedforeachcommunityidentifyingwhichpolestomark:heretheyarecodedwhereblue:safezoneandgreen,orangeandredarehazardzones

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Thisproducedaclearmarkingsystemtobeusedacrossourcommunities

HazardZone EvacuationRoute SafeZone

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Wedevelopedacommunicationsplantoimplementacrossourcommunities.

KeyMessage:Whatisthetsunamiriskandwhydoesitmatter?

KeyMessage:Whattodointheeventofatsunami?

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Sincetheimplementation,wehaverecognizedkeyoutcomesofourproject

TSUNAMIAWARENESS

Residentsarenowmoreconsciousofthetsunamidangerandhavevisualremindersof

safezones

FUTUREPLANNING

Ourcommunitiesaremoreawareofthepossibilityofevacuationsandwehave

updatedourevacuationplans

ALLISLANDPLANNINGANDPREPAREDNESS

Werealizetheimportanceof

workingtogetherdespitebeingseparatedbydistance

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Whatnext?•  Howdowecontinueincreasingpublicawarenessandunderstanding?

•  Howcanweintegratemorehighlevelemergencyplanningbetweencommunities?

•  Howcanwebuildonthesuccessofthetsunamipreparednessproject?

Wearecurrentlyrollingoutsignpostsatcampsitesandvisitorcentersacrossour

communities.

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Reflections

LORIWIEDEMAN,CAO

“Thissimpleideahashelpedour

communitiescometogetherandlaunched

otherideasforcommunity

coordination”

RUBYDECOCK,CAO

“Ourcommunitiesarebuildingonthiswork

tobringmorecoordinationtoouremergencyplanning

onisland”

DANIELFISH,CAO

“AnotherbigsuccesshasbeentheePACTsystemwhichhas

simplifiedemergencycommunicationsforall

ourlocalgovernments”

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ThankYouLoriWiedeman:[email protected]|RubyDecock:[email protected]|DanielFish:[email protected]


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