The Tsunami Warning Focal Point (TWFP) is a 24 x 7 point of contact (office, operational unit or position, not a person) officially designated by the National Tsunami Warning Centre (NTWC) or the government to receive and disseminate tsunami information from an ICG Tsunami Service Provider (TSP) according to established National Standard Operating Procedures. The TWFP may or not be the NTWC.
The role of the TWFP is summarised as follows:
• Reception of the messages transmitted by the IOTWS Tsunami Service Providers
• Evaluate and issue national warnings in accordance with the National Emergency Plan
• Transmission of warning messages to the National Emergency Authorities
• Operating 24/7
AUSTRALIA
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
IT Operations Shift Supervisor, Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC)
BANGLADESH
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Seismic Observatory and Research Centre, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)
COMOROS
TWFP (Not validated through diplomatic channels)
Research and Forecasting Service, National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology
DJIBOUTI
TWFP not established
FRANCE
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Inter-Regional Direction of Météo-France for the Indian Ocean, Météo France Réunion
INDIA
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
INDONESIA
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Earthquake Information and Tsunami Early Warning Centre / InaTEWS, Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG)
IRAN
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Iranian National Centre for Ocean Hazards (INCOH), Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS)
KENYA
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Seismology and Tsunami Information Services, Kenya Meteorological Service (KMS)
MADAGASCAR
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Observatory of Geophysics of Antananarivo (IOGA), University of Antananarivo
MALAYSIA
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
National Weather and Geophysics Centre, Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)
MALDIVES
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Maldives Meteorological Service (MMS)
MAURITIUS
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Main Meteorological Office, Mauritius Meteorological Services
MOZAMBIQUE
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Weather Forecasting Centre, Mozambique National Institute of Meteorology (INAM)
MYANMAR
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
National Earthquake Data Center, Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH)
OMAN
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
National Multi-Hazard Early Warning Centre
PAKISTAN
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)
SEYCHELLES
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Forecast Office, Seychelles National Meteorological Services (NMS)
SINGAPORE
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Central Forecast Office, Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS)
SOMALIA
TWFP not established
SOUTH AFRICA
TWFP (Not validated through diplomatic channels)
National Forecast Centre, South African Weather Service
SRI LANKA
TWFP (Not validated through diplomatic channels)
Duty Seismologist, Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology (DoM)
TANZANIA
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Director of Forecasting Services, Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA)
THAILAND
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Director, National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC)
TIMOR-LESTE
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Chief, National Disaster Operations Centre (NDOC)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
Center Forecasting Operation, National Center of Meteorology
UNITED KINDGOM
TWFP not established
YEMEN
TWFP (Validated through diplomatic channels)
General Directorate of Emergency and Environmental Disasters