District of Kitimat • Emergency Management • Kitimat Arm, British Columbia • 2025–Present

Kitimat-Kitamaat Tsunami Model and Risk Assessment

The District of Kitimat, in partnership with the Haisla Nation, retained Ocean Networks Canada and PSG Ocean to collaboratively undertake a tsunami risk assessment for the communities and surrounding region.

  • Coastal Hazard & Risk Assessment

Douglas Channel

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The District of Kitimat, in partnership with the Haisla Nation, retained Ocean Networks Canada as prime consultant, with PSG Ocean acting as sub-consultant, to undertake regional and community-level tsunami risk assessments.

As engineer of record, PSG Ocean is responsible for:

  • Providing oversight of digital elevation model (DEM) development
  • Reviewing numerical modelling results for seismic and landslide-generated tsunami simulations
  • Defining hazard mapping requirements and reviewing associated mapping outputs
  • Conducting a qualitative risk assessment focused on identifying exposed elements and assets
  • Providing recommendations for risk mitigation measures and improvements to emergency management plans, including marine safety considerations developed in collaboration with a master mariner, Captain John Swann (L. J. Swann and Associates)

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