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Bali has nine sirens and one buoy for tsunami warnings on most popular beaches

Bali has nine sirens and one buoy for tsunami warnings on most popular beaches

To warn people located in coastel areas has Bali 9 sirens installed in Double Six-Seminyak Beach, Kuta Beach, Kedonganan Beach, Sanur Beach, Nusa Dua Beach, Tanjung Benoa Beach, Tanah Lot-Tabanan Beach, Seririt-Buleleng Beach, and Serangan-Denpasar Beach. Siren monitoring and checking are carried out every month by BMKG together with the Bali Regional Disaster Management Agency

While the activation of sirens is the authority of BPBD Bali. "All tsunami sirens are active and operating well," said the Head of the BMKG Regional Office for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, when confirmed on Wednesday (3/10/2018).

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The tsunami siren was handed over by BMKG Region III Denpasar to the Provincial Government of Bali in 2009 as many as 6 units and 3 units in 2016. This tool activation system occurs if there is tsunami early warning information with a level of alert or alert preceded by a large earthquake and confirmed a tsunami occurs, the information will be followed up by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to order evacuation of affected communities. "One of the equipment systems for tsunami commands is this tsunami siren," he said.

Meanwhile, a tool for detecting sea level, Bali only has 1 unit placed in Benoa and monitored by the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG). "Some of the sea level data entered BMKG,"

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As a tsunami-prone area, Bali needs more tsunami sirens covering beaches across the island, an official has said.

Jaya Seratabrana of the Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency’s (BPBD) operation control center said Bali had nine tsunami sirens installed at several beaches, mostly in southern Bali. They were Sanur, Seminyak in Kuta, Kedonganan, Benoa Bay, Serangan, Nusa Dua, Seririt in Buleleng and Tanah Lot in Tabanan.

"We need 13 more tsunami sirens in several other places, especially in eastern and western Bali," Jaya said.

Jaya ensured the nine sirens were working properly, as a test run was conducted routinely at 10 a.m. local time on the 26th of every month. "The test run is carried out to ensure all sirens are in good condition. In the latest test this month, all sirens were working properly," he further said.

Jaya went on to say that the Bali administration had proposed the installment of 13 more tsunami sirens to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). Up until now, the proposal has not been approved.

He asserted that Bali needed more tsunami sirens as the island was prone to earthquakes and tsunamis. The sirens are needed to warn people early on so evacuations can be carried out, he added.

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The BPBD Bali has also helped many hotels on the island prepare to serve as evacuation shelters. Once a tsunami is predicted to occur, people in nearby areas will be evacuated to the hotels.

BPBD Bali head Dewa Made Indra said the agency had cooperated with hotel associations to ensure that hotels were prepared for tsunamis. "We choose hotels, which have strong construction," Indra said.

He went on to say that several seaside areas in Bali were far from areas of high elevation.  Therefore, tsunami evacuation routes in several areas were designed to direct people to the closest high building. Citing an example, Indra said, Kuta and Sanur beaches had no areas of high elevation.

 

Source : https://www.balipost.com

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