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The tsunami disaster that occurred in Aceh 13 years ago - which killed about 170,000 people - has boosted public awareness of the disaster. This was conveyed by the National Disaster Management Agency, BNPB, because the community is considered more prepared to face the disaster while the tsunami early warning system is available. Head of BNPB Data & Information Center, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, explained that within 13 years, Indonesia has a tsunami early warning system that can be accessed quickly by the community. One component of tsunami early warning is a device placed at sea or b uoy. Tsunami of Aceh, 13 years later and awareness against forgetfulness Reunions are moving after 10 years of tsunami Currently, Indonesia has 22 buo y or some kind of buoys in the sea to give tsunami early warning even though some are damaged due to technical damage and vandalism. However, Sutopo said, the damage did not affect the tsunami early warning system significantly because the buoy is not the main component. "In the tsunami early warning system there are three components of one seismograph network, both the tides, and the third bouy, where the bouy and tidal are only supporting components only in tsunami early warning, so it is not the main one." "The main one is the seismograph network in BMKG that directly provides information on where the earthquake and the depth," added Sutopo. An early warning system allows the BMKG Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency to send tsunami warnings in case of a potentially catastrophic earthquake. Like the earthquake in Sukabumi West Java on December 15th, tsunami early warning was quickly informed by BMKG through social media and internet site

The Aceh tsunami on December 26, 2014 is estimated to cause 170,000 deaths in Indonesia with the total number of casualties in all affected countries reaching around 250,000. The disaster also made the House of Representatives take the initiative to make the Disaster Management Act in 2007 and a year later followed by the establishment of the National Disaster Management Agency, BNPB. "Until now we have a Regional Disaster Management Agency BPBD in 550 Cities and Regencies," explained Sutopo. If at 13 years, many other countries assist in handling the tsunami disaster in Aceh, currently according to Sutopo, Indonesia is actually a donor for other countries. "We often assist other countries in handling disasters and even in Myanmar, the Disaster Management Act 75% adopts existing laws in Indonesia." Aceh tsunami victim children become victims of trafficking When the Aceh tsunami colored one's life Clearly a good early warning system should also be accompanied by a community awareness of the disaster, which also shows improvement. "The preparedness of the people to face the disaster looks better than before, there are still shortcomings. (Improvement) that we have seen during the tsunami warning, the community spontaneously conduct independent evacuation to find a safer place," said Sutopo. Nevertheless, according to Sutopo it is normal if there is still panic in the community when disaster strikes. "The important thing is that people already know where to evacuate, and when an earthquake happens the community responds with out-of-the-way buildings and looks for a safer place," he explained. However Rubama - one of the people of Lhok Nga Aceh, previously affected by the tsunami - stated that the preparedness of the tsunami and other disasters is still uneven. "If I see it, it is only enjoyed by the city of Banda Aceh, for example, or which is quite affordable, but what about the people in the area that have the potential to be hit by various forms of disaster ... Currently developed is a simulation exercise (disaster) school but what about the community in the village? " In fact, according to Rubama, improving the community's ability to disaster should be started in the villages. "Simulation training is conducted in villages and also involves more women in disaster management agencies because those who understand the needs of women who are victims of the disaster. In the 13th anniversary of the tsunami disaster in Aceh on December 26, 2017, the theme was 'against forgetting' with the aim of keeping the community on guard against disaster.