• Deploy hardware and software
• Customize DisasterAWARE
• Develop Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
• Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Provide DisasterAWARE training
• Continuously engage stakeholders
• Deploy hardware and software
• Build skills to operate NDMO independently
• Incorporate additional information sources
• Create Train-the-Trainer program
• Implement Train-the-Trainer program
• Gather and integrate provincial / municipal data
• Continuously engage stakeholder
• Reinforce skills to operate independently
• Develop data-sharing procedures
• Exercise CONOPS, SOPs, and DisasterAWARE
•Transition operation, maintenance, and administration
• Conduct final evaluation
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PDC offers both out-of-the box and customized solutions built on our industry-leading disaster risk intelligence platform, DisasterAWARE. Government agencies and nongovernmental organizations worldwide are using DisasterAWARE to save lives, reduce risk, and increase disaster resilience. Learn more about how who’s using our system and how it’s helping decision makers face today’s biggest challenges in disaster management.
We’ve watched [Indonesia] make remarkable progress developing its capacity over the last several years. From the implementation of early warning and multi-hazard monitoring systems to crowd-sourced hazard reporting tools, we fully support the innovation, vision and continued successes of the PDC-BNPB partnership.
–Harlan Hale,
USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor
Lao PDR faces many hazards including floods, droughts, landslide, storms, climate risks , and more. We must continue to combat these hazards by utilizing available technologies and expertise through our partners in the region.
–Director General Vilayphong Sisomvang
It’s been a privilege for the AHA Centre to work with Pacific Disaster Center under the ASEAN–U.S. cooperation since our birth, nine years ago. DMRS is powered by PDC’s DisasterAWARE technology and has been internalized and mainstreamed for the past nine years into our day-to-day disaster monitoring and response operation.
–Adelina Kamal,
AHA Centre Executive Director
NDRRMC is constantly in need of situational data, readily available to them at any given time for crucial decision-making and planning against arising threats ahead of time. The PhilAWARE Project gives us that innovation and technology.
–Philippines’ Under Secretary Ricardo Jalad,
Administrator of the Philippines Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
Learn more about the solutions we’ve built to help national governments, civil protection agencies, and nongovernmental organizations around the globe.
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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
IAEA and PDC have just begun development of a one-of-a-kind system called the External Events Notification System (EENS) to enhance IAEA’s natural hazard early warning and monitoring capabilities. The EENS will be powered by PDC’s DisasterAWARE platform and help continuously assess the level of natural hazard risk posed to nuclear facilities. It will also aid IAEA Member States with a better understanding of external risks to facilities and help harden resilience against future catastrophes. Learn more…
GOVERNMENT OF THAILAND
ThaiAWARE was among the earliest of systems to be deployed by PDC for national use. Designed in collaboration with Thailand’s National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), ThaiAWARE is powered by PDC’s DisasterAWARE and supports state-of-the-art capabilities at the NDWC’s central operations center. It has been fully operational since 2006. Learn more…
GOVERNMENT OF PHILIPPINES
After years of collaboration to assess and reduce disaster risk and increase hazard mapping capacity, PDC and the Government of the Philippines kicked off a new project in 2019 to develop a unique version of DisasterAWARE. The PhilAWARE system, currently being used in beta by the nation’s Office of Civil Defense, is enhancing the nation’s ability to contend with a very high natural hazard risk profile as well as plan for the increase in climate-driven disasters. Learn more…
GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA
Launched in partnership between PDC and Indonesia’s national disaster management organization Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana, the InAWARE system has been operational since 2013. Its use has been institutionalized across sectors since its deployment—intersecting with public and academic groups which provide crowd-sourced and mapped data for response, as well as national and provincial offices. It has been used operationally to respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, volcanic eruptions, and has supported national and provincial training and exercises. Learn more…
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN)
The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre) has been working with PDC since its inception and initial opening in 2011. In collaboration with ASEAN, PDC developed a regional early warning, disaster monitoring, and decision support system for the AHA Centre which is powered by its DisasterAWARE platform. The Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS) was deployed for operational use in 2012 and facilitates joint disaster relief and emergency response operations by the 10 member states of ASEAN today. Learn more...
DisasterAWARE enhances early warning and hazard monitoring capacity for 10 Southeast Asian nations following the 2004 Indian Ocean Quake and Tsunami
On Dec. 26, 2004, in the early morning hours, a staggering 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia—ripping across the Indian Ocean and uplifting the seafloor beneath it by several meters. The displacement of water above the sea floor unleashed a massive tsunami—the deadliest in recorded history.
Indonesia was the worst hit country with Aceh and Sumatera Utara Provinces suffering the greatest losses:
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA
