The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985 (1991) / Chapter Skim
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8 Posteruption Hazard Watch and Disaster Planning
8 Posteruption Hazard Watch and Disaster Planning
Pages 79-86
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Thus, an effort to monitor Ruiz was begun after the eruption in 1985, employing telemetered seismic and ground deformation networks centered at the Manizales Observatory. The observatory was declared a permanent international volcano observatory by the Colombian government in early 1986 (Herd, 1986~.
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The basis for this planning effort was a 1985 United Nations guidance manual entitled Volcanic Emergency Management (UNDRO, 1985~. This text outlined topical planning areas, including time-phased response, identification of hazard zones, population and property census, identification of safe transit points and refuge zones, evacuation route identification, means of transport, refugee accommodation, rescue and medical
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The planned chain of interorganizational communication was as follows: Civil Defense would inform the governor; the governor would then inform radio and television stations, as well as the mayors of all towns in which some risk existed; the mayors would then inform their police departments; the police would inform siren keepers in their town (the plan specifies one siren keeper in each neighborhood of each town) ; and, finally, the media and siren keepers would inform the public of the need to evacuate.
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PUBLIC EDUCATION A public education campaign was also under way in early 1986 in the Ruiz area to educate the citizens in the towns at risk. First, schools educated students about volcanic hazards in general and, specifically, what to do if Nevado del Ruiz erupted.
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83 "LISTOS EN PAZ O EMERGENCIA" FIGURE 8.1 A reproduction of the flyer on volcanic hazards distributed by the Colombian Civil Defense to Ruiz area residents.
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,'. ,^' ~ D ALTO DE IA CHI:Z :~ =: ~ -: :::~ '` ~: ~ :; / MI.~SETA ~ON PAT~OTAS\ FIGURE 8.2 A reproduction of a poster depicting an evacuation map for the city of Honda.
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Plans as of January 1986 called for initiating public evacuation by evacuation warnings, including sirens. Extensive evidence from past evacuation research demonstrates that sirens, even when preceded by elaborate public education before the time of evacuation, are not enough to convince people to leave their homes.
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What to say, what not to say, and how to say it are well understood by the research community dealing in emergency planning and are of dramatic importance in increasing the probability of effective evacuations.
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