Bali officials planning to install 10 extra tsunami detection systems.
Bali will immediately increase the number of tsunami sirens at 10 points, whereas previously Bali has had a tsunami siren or an alarm for a tsunami early warning system available at 9 points.
This was revealed when Regional III Denpasar Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) M. Taufik Gunawan and BPBD Acting Chief of Bali Province Dewa Putu held a hearing on climate change in Bali with Governor I Wayan Koster and Deputy Governor of Bali last Saturday (26/01/2019).
The new one is requesting a tsunami siren to the Central Government but still needs to be studied to be budgeted from the regional budget," said I Made Rentin, Acting Secretary of Bali Province BPBD confirmed Tuesday [ 29/01/2019).
The Head of BNPB's Information and Public Relations Data Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho stressed that budgeting in 2019 was not yet available at BNPB, but the application letter would still be submitted to the leadership in this case the Head of BNPB."Indeed, we expect BPBD of Bali Province to be able to build more Ina-TEWS sirens for strengthening preparedness, with synergy between the business world and the community that can be in the form of building sirens in hotels, places of worship. Development is made with low cost but reliable in disaster management. sourced from village funds or CSR from the business world, "said Sutopo, imitated by I Made Rentin.
The form of sirens that are cheap and reliable in disasters that have been built by BNPB in several regions such as Bantul, West Sumatra, with radio technology totaling 160 units that were built in 2014, with prices per unit of IDR 70 million to IDR 100 million, but now the condition is damaged.
Pak Sutopo suggested that in Bali a disaster museum be built as a place for education for the community for children and adults and could become a new tourist destination in Bali.
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