Natural Hazards Outreach
The Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV) is conducting a number of natural hazards educational programs that are custom-designed for several different groups: community associations, schoolchildren, schoolteachers, and the general public. The subjects covered are: earthquakes, lava flows, tsunamis, floods, landslides, and hurricanes.
Our presentations are interesting and informative, featuring knowledgeable speakers. We provide displays and models, hands-on demonstrations, and printed materials to take home. Besides explaining the nature of the hazard and its effects, we describe practical things you can do in advance that will lessen the impact when disaster strikes--thus protecting yourself, your family, and your property from harm.
Learn how to prevent earthquake damage.
Secure your TV set now, before an earthquake.
For more detailed information, please visit our Natural Hazards web page. This exciting page provides information about how to strengthen your home against earthquakes, and includes video clips of the November 2000 Big Island flood. Questions? Feel free to e-mail us at: csav (at) hawaii.edu (Note: this email address is non-clickable in an effort to reduce the amount of unsolicited email sent to CSAV.) Feel free to call us at 808-974-7631.
Visiting Schools
Francine Coloma
talks about lava hazards at Keaau's Keiki Kollege.
Visiting Schools is our most popular program. Trained CSAV staff members go out to the 4th grade classrooms throughout the Big Island and present information on earthquakes and tsunamis. Visiting 6th grade classes at Keakealani Outdoor Educational Center enjoy an hour-long presentation on lava hazards and how to mitigate the effects. And 8th graders throughout the island hear a talk about hurricanes and flash floods. All of these presentations include demonstrations and audience participation.
Public Seminars
At a CSAV seminar, Harry Kim describes the role
of Civil Defense.
Public Seminars produced by CSAV are held twice a year at the UH-Hilo Campus Center Auditorium. These Saturday morning seminars feature a variety of speakers giving 20-minute presentations, and the audience is invited to ask questions and visit Resource Booths after. The seminars are free and everyone is welcome; check the Natural Hazards web page for upcoming dates.
Community Association Visits
Don Thomas describes how to strengthen
an older post-and-pier foundation at a community association meeting in Puna.
Community Association Visits are an effective way in which CSAV keeps the public informed about earthquakes and mitigation measures. A knowledgeable speaker from the CSAV staff is available to visit your community association or similar group. After reviewing the nature of earthquakes in general, the speaker will describe ways to strengthen your home against future earthquakes, thus greatly lessening the damage.
Teacher Training Workshops
Julie Williams and school teachers on the Big
Island consider ways to teach students about tsunamis.
Teacher Training Workshops are the most far-reaching of CSAV's natural hazards educational programs, because the teachers trained will pass the information on to their students for many years to come. Teachers who attend these workshops attend a morning seminar, then meet in the afternoon to discuss how to apply the information back in their classrooms and to develop lesson plans; two weeks later, they meet again to analyze how the plans worked and to share ideas with one another.