ADRC Tsunami Seminar
Practical Tsunami Countermeasures
in
THAILAND
15 June 2022

ACM. Somneuk Swatteuk
NATIONAL DISASTER WARNING CENTER

26 December 2004 Tsunami❑ Time 07.58 am.
Dec 26, 2004
❑ Location
Northern SumatraIndonesia❑ Magnitude
Earthquake Magnitude 9.3❑ Wide Spread Impact
Indian Ocean Countries

Timeline of NDWC
11 Jan 2005
Appointment ofthe Committee forthe Developmentof an Early Warning
System.

2009
30 May 2005
NDWC was officiallyopened and under thePrime Minister's Office.

Cancellation of the Prime Minister’s
regulations governing the administrationof the National Disaster Prevention andRegulation Act of 2005 (No. 2). Using Act
2007 the National Disaster Warning Center
was an agency under the Ministry of ICT.

20072009

2016-20172005
Tsunami
26 Dec 2004

8 April 2005
Appointment ofSub-Committee
on National
Disaster Warning
CenterAdministration.

2007
NDWC Was moved
under office of The
Ministry of informationand communication
technology MICT

16 Sep 2016
The Improvement Ministries(No. 17) Act 2016, Section 18 and19 to transfer the National Disaster
Warning Center. To theDepartment of Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation, Ministry of Interior.

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM)

2002 : established DDPM and transferred dutiesconcerning disaster prevention and mitigation that scattered in 5
other departments to DDPM

2004: Indian Ocean tsunami occurred,killing 5,395 Thais.
Thailand realized there was no appropriate procedure in dealing
with big scale disaster.
2007 : DPM Act came into force ,state that DDPM isa main in charge government agency to integrate and collaborate
with relevant agencies in disaster management

Thailand Disaster Management System
Based on :1. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act 2007
2. National Plan on Disaster and Mitigation
2021-2027
3. The National Committee on Disaster
Preventionand Mitigation : top policy making body.
- composed of disaster management related
ministries, agencies and academia- chaired by the Prime Minister- DDPM is the Secretariat and executive arms

Disaster Management Strategies
1. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction
into planning and development at all levels.
2. Effective and integrated emergency
management system.
3. Sustainable disaster reconstruction andrecovery with “Build Back Better”

4. International Cooperation.

DDPM Programs and activities
Before Disaster• Community – Based Disaster Risk Management(CBDRM)• Disaster Response Simulation Exercise• Disaster risk education and awareness promotionDuring Disaster• Disaster Early Warning System• One Tambon One Rescue (OTOS)• Emergency Response Team
After Disaster• The Disaster Emergency Relief Fund
• Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA)• Build Back Better

NOAA

NEOH
DDPM
6 Provinces(Andaman Sea)

Irridium

Affected Districts
Affected SubDistricts

ThailandBuoy

IOTWMS
TSP’s
Australia
India
Indonesia

NDWC
SOPGeneral
PublicEquipment and Tools
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Hotline (12 Numbers)
SMS
FAX (16 Ports)
EmailBAS (Broadcast Alert System) to Digital TV
Warning Tower System
Government Radio Station (Central and local)
Call Center 1784Social NetworkApplication

Operational Processes

1.Red

2.Blue3.Out of BlueOperational Processes
Criteria

Operational Processes
Evaluation
Estimate time arrival (Tsunami Simulation)

Operational Processes
Evaluation
Rotate Source
Run and Plot

7.5

TSUNAMI modeling

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• National Disaster Warning Center, THAILAND
Captain SONG EKMAHACHAI, RTN.
Acting Director, Warning and Dissemination Section, National Disaster Warning Center.

Warning System

NDWC

271Local Gov.
in Risk area

130 Warning Tower

Provinces
City Hall47 Provinces
Government RadioStationRadio – Chief of village

22 Small Tower

Tsunami Buoy in Andaman Sea

A: 9.32N 95.40 EAxat 9 N 89 E
Deploy 2006

DeployJAN 2017

Warning SystemRadio

Warning Tower

TV- Volunteer- People Allied
Network-Website-Social Media- SMS- Application

Thank You
National Disaster Warning Center
Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
THAILAND4353 Sukumvit Rd. BangNa Bangkok. 10260
Tel: 0 2399 4114, 0 2399 1128, 0 2399 0881-4
Fax: 0 2399 1133
www.ndwc.go.th