Your source for volcano hazard information
Our DisasterAWARE Pro platform, as well as our Disaster Alert™ public app, provides information about volcanic activity happening around the world. Information is derived from a variety of scientific monitoring agencies.
Reporting Threshold
DisasterAWARE provides information about volcanic activity when the Aviation Ash Cloud rating reaches Code Yellow and Explosivity Risk Index = 0; or when there is no ash cloud but Explosivity Risk Index reaches a rating of 3 or higher.
Coverage
√ Global (Automatically Processed)
Disaster Alert™ Mobile App
Disasters happen fast. We alert you faster.
(FREE for public use)
SmartAlert™ Early Warning
for volcanoes
DisasterAWARE now includes PDC’s proprietary SmartAlert technology. You select the areas and hazards to monitor and we’ll alert you to threats within or approaching those areas automatically.
Alerting Severities:
Severity levels are designated by the authoritative reporting agency.
AdvisoryAviation Color Code (ACC) Yellow and Risk Index = 0; ACC Green; or Nil/Null where no ash cloud is observed or forecasted and Risk Index < 3
WatchACC Orange and Risk Index < 2; ACC Yellow and Risk index = 1; or Nil/Null with an observed, but not forecasted, ash cloud and Risk Index < 3
WarningACC Red; ACC Orange/Yellow and Risk Index = 2; or Nil/Null with observed and forecasted ash cloud; or Risk Index = 3
Available Formats
Professional versions: SMS Text | Email | App Alerts
Public version: App Alerts Only
Be Aware and Prepare
Always heed instructions from local authorities and receive alerts about major hazards from PDC’s DisasterAlert app or on the DisasterAlert website.
Find more information at www.ready.gov/volcanoes
Act now
- Listen for emergency information and alerts.
- Follow evacuation or shelter orders. If advised to evacuate, then do so early.
- Avoid areas downstream of the eruption.
- Protect yourself from falling ash.
- Do not drive in heavy ash fall.
Plan ahead
Live in or plan to visit an area with high volcanic activity?
- Know your area’s risk from volcanic eruption.
- Ask local emergency management for evacuation and shelter plans, and for potential means of protection from ash.
- Get necessary supplies in advance in case you have to evacuate immediately, or if services are cut off. Keep in mind each person’s specific needs, including medication. Do not forget the needs of pets.
- Consult your doctor if you have existing respiratory difficulties.
- Practice a communication and evacuation plan with everyone in your family.
- Have a shelter-in-place plan if your biggest risk is from ash.
- Keep important documents in a safe place. Create password-protected digital copies.
Hazard Brief
Real-Time Impact and Needs Assessment
Through DisasterAWARE Pro and Disaster Alert you get access to PDC’s unique exposure modeling capabilities—providing accurate assessments of exposure and need for hazards in any part of the world.
How to access Hazard Brief (available for all hazards)
Helpful Features and Layers
Apps powered by DisasterAWARE provide layers of information to help assess the impacts of volcanoes. These include but are not limited to:
• Volcanic activity
• Volcano location
• U.S. watches, warnings and advisories*
• Ash cloud (initial, 6 hours, 12 hours, 18 hours)*
* = For disaster management practitioners only
Are you a disaster management practitioner and want to know more?
Specialized Volcano Products
for Disaster Management Practitioners
DisasterAWARE provides specialized situational analysis reports for use by disaster management practitioners. Some of these are generated automatically with every advisory, while others are custom created by PDC as needed to support hazard response.
