{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s3202","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3202.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f3202.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of this chapter are\u2014\n(1) to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, research, notification, outreach, and mitigation to protect life and property in the United States;\n(2) to enhance and modernize the existing United States Tsunami Warning System to increase the accuracy of forecasts and warnings, to ensure full coverage of tsunami threats to the United States with a network of detection assets, and to reduce false alarms;\n(3) to improve and develop standards and guidelines for mapping, modeling, and assessment efforts to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, mitigation, resiliency, response, outreach, and recovery;\n(4) to improve research efforts related to improving tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, mitigation, resiliency, response, outreach, and recovery;\n(5) to improve, increase, and develop uniform standards and guidelines for education and outreach activities and ensure that those receiving tsunami warnings and the at-risk public know what to do when a tsunami is approaching, including the warning signs of locally generated tsunami;\n(6) to provide technical and other assistance to speed international efforts to establish regional tsunami warning systems in vulnerable areas worldwide;\n(7) to foster resilient communities in the face of tsunami and other similar coastal hazards; and\n(8) to improve Federal, State, and international coordination for detection, warnings, and outreach for tsunami and other coastal impacts.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s3202.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3202."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this chapter are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, research, notification, outreach, and mitigation to protect life and property in the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to enhance and modernize the existing United States Tsunami Warning System to increase the accuracy of forecasts and warnings, to ensure full coverage of tsunami threats to the United States with a network of detection assets, and to reduce false alarms;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve and develop standards and guidelines for mapping, modeling, and assessment efforts to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, mitigation, resiliency, response, outreach, and recovery;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve research efforts related to improving tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, mitigation, resiliency, response, outreach, and recovery;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve, increase, and develop uniform standards and guidelines for education and outreach activities and ensure that those receiving tsunami warnings and the at-risk public know what to do when a tsunami is approaching, including the warning signs of locally generated tsunami;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to provide technical and other assistance to speed international efforts to establish regional tsunami warning systems in vulnerable areas worldwide;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" to foster resilient communities in the face of tsunami and other similar coastal hazards; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3202/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve Federal, State, and international coordination for detection, warnings, and outreach for tsunami and other coastal impacts.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}