Anguilla

                                      Tsunami Evacuation Site sign and Entering TsunamiReady Community sign.

On September 18, 2014, the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla renewed its recognition as Tsunami Ready under the Pilot Community Performance Based Tsunami Recognition Programme being implemented by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO/IOC) Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazard Warning Systems for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS). Anguilla had originally received recognition on September 28, 2011. As part of the regional efforts to develop an end-to-end tsunami early warning system, Anguilla fulfilled the Programme’s guidelines at the territory level; thus empowering its vulnerable coastal communities to take effective action in the event of a potential tsunami and save lives. Outputs included the creation of an evacuation, as well as the provision and installation of signage for evacuation routes, assembly points and tsunami hazard zones. The Department of Disaster Management also undertook extensive public education, conducted drills, and formulated an emergency operations plan (EOP). The renewal of the recognition of Anguilla as Tsunami Ready was supported the International Tsunami Information Center Caribbean Office (ITIC-CAR) and the UNESCO/IOC Caribbean Tsunami Information Centre (CTIC). The Tsunami Ready Programme incorporates risk knowledge assessment, preparedness actions and response planning with recognition being granted upon the satisfactory completion of a verification process confirming fulfilment of the guidelines.

Anguilla Documents