How Can We Prepare? - Student Activities

Student Activities

How Can We Prepare?

Procedure
Form a group that will research and represent one member from a typical Emergency Response Team and the useful information that member might be able to contribute.

Although there are many members and contributors to Emergency Response Plans, the choices have been simplified a little. Choose one from the table below of possible Emergency Response Team members:


Emergency Response Team Members

Mayor		Coastal Managers
Fire Department		Business Owners
Police Department		Scientists
School Superintendent		Engineers
Department of Public Works		Doctors/Hospital

Assessment
Prepare an Emergency Response Plan and 10 - 15 minute presentation that covers the following information:

In general, what areas of the world are susceptible to a tsunami?
How would you educate people about emergency preparation?
How would you ask people in your town to prepare? How would you ask them to respond after it hits?
How have other places prepared over the years for tsunamis?
If you were an engineer planning a city or just a building in a region that could possibly be hit by a tsunami, how might you design it to withstand a tsunami?
Who would be in charge in the event of a tsunami? (A diagram would be helpful)
Where would emergency shelters or an evacuation facility be located?
How would people be warned of the emergency?
How would people receive information about the event? Even if there was a loss of electricity?