2wcom Press Release
Less than 200 ms – to “cover the last mile” from Jakarta to Bali
2wcom / Indonesien - “One year ago the time to detect and evaluate a possible Tsunami threat took more than 100 minutes. Due to the technology and expertise provided by the Geo Forschungs Zentrum Potsdam / Germany the time minimises to five minutes today.”
2wcom / Germany is taking care to “cover the last mile” in order to alert and forward vital information to the public. The first test of the system was held in Sanur, Bali, on December 26, the second anniversary of the 2004 Asian Tsunami that hit nine countries and killed more than 177,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province alone.
A Radio Data System from 2WCOM, has been installed in December 2006 in Bali, two more areas to follow: Padang in West Sumatra and an additional destination at the southern coast of Java.
Through the wireless system, when offshore buoys detect a possible tsunami approaching, an emergency warning will immediately broadcast nationwide on Indonesian state radio, interrupting regular programming.
The first test of the system was held in Sanur, Bali, on December 26, with outstanding performance and excellent results. The picture below does show Mr. Harald Spahn, GTZ Germany, in front the FM-RDS Multi-Hazard Public Warning Receiver from 2wcom. The EW Receicer was located on a chair at the beach in Sanur operated without main-power running on battery only.
GTZ Germany is responsible for the Capacity Building in Indonesia along with the GITEWS.
Advantages of the 2wcom FM-RDS Multi-Hazard Public Early Warning System
- Citizen Emergency Information
- Use of existing FM broadcast infrastructure
- Hundreds of thousands people can be reached at the same time - Night and Day!
By sending one alert signal over the FM broadcast only!
Indonesia marked its 2nd anniversary of the Aceh Tsunami catastrophe by organizing the Tsunami Bali Drill on December 26, 2006, Organized by the Ministry of State for Research and Technology RISTEK. The drill was conducted at the Sindhu Beach and Sanur Beach involving several thousands people. The Tsunami Drill simulated the real-time warnings sent from Jakarta to radios on the command post on the Sindhu beach. After the imaginary earth quake and the sound of tsunami siren, the people on the beach were evacuated to Made Pica field located about 2.1 km from the beach.