SAFE PROJECT

Summary:

Unpredictable tsunamis can result in catastrophic coastal flooding that causes property and human loss and although Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TWS) are crucial for reducing the effects of tsunamis, the available technologies are currently pricy, have a small range, and/or lack complete reliability. TWS could undergo a revolution thanks to a new technology called Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), using underwater fiber optic cables by DAS to detect tsunami waves and seismic vibrations. 

Therefore, the objective of SAFE is to create a commercial TWS product that consists of an artificial intelligence (AI) layer and a 100-kilometer range HDAS interrogator that can reliably trigger alarms upon detecting potential tsunamigenic activity and tsunami waves. Government organizations looking for reasonably priced tsunami protection systems for their citizens who live in low-lying coastal areas will have access to this product. Global tsunami preparedness and risk reduction would be greatly impacted by the development of a dependable and affordable TWS based on DAS technology, giving people more time to evacuate and take other precautions if it made it possible to detect tsunamis early. 

General objective:

The goal is to safeguard coastal communities against extreme sea-level events and tsunamis by creating a more affordable, dependable, and user-friendly tsunami warning system (TWS) that utilizes high-fidelity distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology. By creating a TWS that is more dependable, less expensive, and easier to install and maintain than existing options, the SAFE project seeks to meet the needs of coastal communities with limited resources.