Leveraging lessons learned to prevent future disasters—insights from the 2013 Colombia-US binational exchange

Driedger, Carolyn L.; Calvache, Marta Lucia; Cortés, Gloria Patricia; Ewert, John W.; Montoya, Jacqueline; Lockhart, Andy; Allen, Robert F.; Banks, Daniel; Beason, Scott R.; Bocanegra, Harold Trujillo; Burkhart, Frances; Bustad, Kyle; Gallego, Jaime; Gibson, Zane; Giraldo, Felix Ricardo; Gutierrez, Cesar; Quintero, Jorge Ivan; Rodríguez, Eduardo Pérez; Schelling, John; Scott, Marcia

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“…For example, the need for continuous education on volcanic hazards is important in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S., where eruptions are rare, but populations in some hazard zones are large. Here, binational exchanges (Mangan et al 2016;Driedger et al 2018) have provided a means for officials and communities who have experienced volcanic disasters (e.g., in Colombia and Chile) to pass along their experiences and to illuminate the potential hazard to those at risk in communities in the U.S. that have experienced rapid growth near long-dormant, but potentially hazardous volcanoes.…”

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Volcano observatory best practices (VOBP) workshops - a summary of findings and best-practice recommendations

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We summarize major findings and best-practice recommendations from three Volcano Observatory Best Practices (VOBP) workshops, which were held in 2011, 2013 and 2016. The workshops brought together representatives from the majority of the world's volcano observatories for the purpose of sharing information on the operation and practice of these institutions and making best practice recommendations. The first workshop focused on eruption forecasting, the second on hazard communication, and the third on long-term hazard assessment. Subsequent VOBP workshops will address additional issues of broad interest to the international volcano observatory community. The objective of VOBP is to develop synergy among volcano hazards programs and their observatories internationally, so as to more rapidly and broadly advance the field of applied volcanology. Each of the workshop summaries presented here include best practice recommendations for consideration by the world's volcano observatories.

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Volcano observatory best practices (VOBP) workshops - a summary of findings and best-practice recommendations

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“…As a result, this is an exceeding ambiguous category because an observatory goes through a learning exercise during and after every eruption, and is increasing its knowledge and applying lessons continually (cf. Driedger et al 2020 ). At Piton de la Fournaise some key steps in the learning process, and advances due to application of knowledge and experience, were, for instance: 1980: First deformation network installed on the volcano (Blum et al 1981 ); 1981: First eruption anticipated at Piton de la Fournaise by the early set up seismic network (Bachèlery et al 1982 ); 1984: First volume calculation by photogrammetry (Delorme 1994 ) 1998: First location of tremor source during “Hors Enclos” magma propagation, and first relation defined between tremor and eruption rate (Battaglia et al 2005 ); 1998: First ground deformation measured by RadarSat1 interferogram (Sigmundsson et al 1999 ) 1998: First ground deformation measured by GPS (Briole in Villeneuve 2000 ) 1999: First use of hand-held camera imagery (Staudacher et al 2000 ); 2003: First interferograms using ASAR sensor on ENVISAT satellite (Froger et al 2004 ) …”

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Reappraisal of gap analysis for effusive crises at Piton de la Fournaise

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Effective and rapid effusive crisis response is necessary to mitigate the risks associated with lava flows that could threaten or inundate inhabited or visited areas. At Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion, France), well-established protocols between Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise – Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (OVPF-IPGP) and civil protection, and between scientists of a multinational array of institutes, allow effective tracking of eruptive crises and hazard management embracing all stakeholders. To assess the outstanding needs for such responses Tsang and Lindsay (J Appl Volcanol 9:9, 2020) applied a gap analysis to assess research gaps in terms of preparedness, response and recovery at 11 effusive centers, including Piton de la Fournaise. For Piton de la Fournaise, their gap analysis implied widespread gaps in the state of knowledge. However, their work relied on incomplete and erroneous data and methods, resulting in a gap analysis that significantly underrepresented this state of knowledge. We thus here re-build a correct database for Piton de la Fournaise, properly define the scope of an appropriate gap analysis, and provide a robust gap analysis, finding that there are, actually, very few gaps for Piton de la Fournaise. This is a result of the existence of a great quantity of published work in the peer-reviewed literature, as well as frequent reports documenting event impact in the local press and observatory reports. At Piton de la Fournaise, this latter (observatory-based) resource is largely due to the efforts of OVPF-IPGP who have a wealth of experience having responded to 81 eruptions since its creation in 1979 through the end of September 2021.Although welcome and necessary, especially if it is made by a group of scientists outside the local management of the volcanic risk (i.e., a neutral group), such gap analysis need to be sure to fully consider all available peer-reviewed literature, as well as newspaper reports, observatory releases and non-peer-reviewed eruption reports, so as to be complete and correct. Fundamentally, such an analysis needs to consider the information collected and produced by the volcano observatory charged with handling surveillance operations and reporting duties to civil protection for the volcano under analysis. As a very minimum, to ensure that a necessarily comprehensive and complete treatment of the scientific literature has been completed, we recommend that a third party expert, who is a recognized specialist in terms of research at the site considered, reviews and checks the material used for the gap analysis before final release of recommendations.

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“…• Numerous cooperative programs with communities including workshops, pedagogical walks to the volcanoes, guides, specific projects with educational institutions, amongst others [Agudelo et al 2012;Driedger et al 2020].…”

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Active volcanism in Colombia and the role of the Servicio Geológico Colombiano

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The Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) was created in 1916 and has been dedicated to the research and monitoring of active volcanoes in the country since the disaster resulting from the eruption of Nevado del Ruíz Volcano in 1985, where more than 25000 people died due to lahars. Today the SGC has three Volcanological and Seismological Observatories in the cities of Manizales (SGC-OVSM), Popayán (SGC-OVSPop), and Pasto (SGC-OVSP), from where 23 active volcanoes are monitored. The three observatories manage an instrumental network of about 740 stations (permanent and portable) as well as signal repeaters, and cover the disciplines of seismology, geodesy, geochemistry, and potential field, amongst others. Volcanic hazard assessment is also carried out by the SGC, producing hazard maps and reports. These tasks are complemented by programs for promoting geoscience knowledge transfer to the public, developed through different strategies. Although at this time, data derived from volcanic monitoring are not available online, the SGC is analysing this need, for implementation in the near future. El Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) fue creado en 1916, y se ha dedicado a la investigación y monitoreo de los volcanes activos en el país desde el desastre resultante de la erupción del volcán Nevado del Ruíz en 1985, donde más de 25000 personas murieron debido a la ocurrencia de lahares. Hoy en día, el SGC tiene tres Observatorios Vulcanológicos y Sismológicos en las ciudades de Manizales (SGC-OVSM), Popayán (SGC-OVSPop) y Pasto (SGC-OVSP), desde donde se monitorean 23 volcanes activos. Los tres observatorios manejan una red instrumental de aproximadamente 740 estaciones (permanentes y portátiles), como también repetidoras de señal, y cubren las disciplinas de sismología, geodesia, geoquímica y campos de potencial, entre otras. La evaluación de la amenaza volcánica también es realizada por el SGC, produciendo mapas e informes. Estas tareas se complementan con programas para promover transferencia de conocimientos geocientíficos al público, desarrollados a través de diferentes estrategias. Aunque en este momento los datos derivados del monitoreo volcánico no están disponibles en línea, el SGC está analizando esta necesidad para su implementación en un futuro cercano.

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Leveraging lessons learned to prevent future disasters—insights from the 2013 Colombia-US binational exchange

Cited by 8 publications

References 63 publications

Volcano observatory best practices (VOBP) workshops - a summary of findings and best-practice recommendations

Volcano observatory best practices (VOBP) workshops - a summary of findings and best-practice recommendations

Reappraisal of gap analysis for effusive crises at Piton de la Fournaise

Active volcanism in Colombia and the role of the Servicio Geológico Colombiano

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