Resources & White Papers

Technical papers and documents supporting the TSUNADO approach.

The Three States of Emergency Public Alerting

Communications related to disaster events are important to save lives. This paper considers the three types of communication that contribute to an effective strategy.

Original: /images/docs/tsunado-alerts-information-education.pdf

A Comparison Between Broadcast Radio and Cellular Technologies

Why Broadcast Radio and Satellite were chosen as the primary channel over cellular and internet-based technologies.

Original: /images/docs/tsunado-tar-cellularcomparison%20-%20white%20paper%202016.pdf

Waking a Sleeper

Research into the effectiveness of the TSUNADO alert sound (similar to a smoke alarm) for waking deep sleepers. By Gary Benner, 2016.

Original: /images/docs/tsunado-wakingasleeper-whitepaper2016.pdf

Response to Tauranga City Council Policy

Critique and response regarding sirens and alerting policy.

Original: /images/docs/responsetocouncil.pdf

Note: Link the original PDFs into /common/files/ or page-specific folders when deploying.