The populace of Peru will know what to do in the event of a tsunami based on the tsunami education they will have received (see Team 3). Warnings will be broadcasted over television, radio, text messaging, etc. (see Team 6), so that most of the population will be made aware of the tsunami danger.
Based on past tsunamis in Peru and in other parts of the world, the area that is at risk from a
tsunami is an area 2 miles inland along the coast of Peru. Therefore, everyone along the coast must
go inland to safety. Within this 2 mile danger zone of the coast is a portion of the city of Lima,
so a significant number of people are at risk.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/Faq/c_tsunami.htm#3
People will be allowed to evacuate via motor vehicles along vehicular evacuation routes, which will include the larger highways that can take the amount of traffic that evacuation will generate. These routes are different from the pedestrian evacuation, but lead to the same evacuation sites. These evacuation sites will include different sports stadiums, universities, and other large buildings that were designed to hold many people at once. More information about these sites is included here: safety locations for Peru.
People without motor vehicles will evacuate along predetermined "rutas pedentales"
(pedestrian routes). These routes will follow a similar path to the vehicular routes, though there
will be no overlap to limit unnecessary potentially lethal risks. The pedestrian routes will go
slightly more than 2 miles inland, meaning that even given the minimal time of 20 minutes
(if the epicenter of the earthquake and tsunami is close to the coast), most people will be able
to walk to the evacuation site within the warning time.
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/aboutptwc.htm
In our revisions of Peru's current tsunami evacuation plan, we have designed
separate routes for automobiles and for pedestrians. This will make it easier
for both the cars and people to get out considering it would be inefficient and
potentially dangerous or lethal to have both pedestrians and motor vehicles on the same road under such stressful conditions.
http://www.dhn.mil.pe/index.asp?pag=divulgacion
Hospitals, nursing homes, and other areas that have a high concentration of disabled and/or elderly people need special evacuation. As these people are unable to walk the distance to the safety zone, it is necessary to have them bussed.
The drivers in this emergency trafficking system must be volunteers that go through rigorous training. Again, getting people to volunteer and remain dedicated to the task will require psychological research. They need to be warned immediately through the Emergency Warning System (Team 6) and have a direct connection or "ear to" the Chain of Command (Team 8).
It would be beneficial and efficient if the special drivers were already working in the hospitals and nursing homes, so that they could get to the vehicles immediately after the warning is sent out. Psychologically, this is also a better plan because the workers will already have an emotional connection and responsibility to the patients, which would not be the case if separate government workers were assigned to drive the emergency vehicles.
As traffic will be converted to one-way towards higher ground during the evacuation, it is necessary to have caches of vehicles in these areas with disabled and elderly people. Basically, emergency vehicles must be stored at the special case evacuation locations as bringing in cars would be impossible (they would have to move against the flow of traffic). Some of the nursing homes may already have vehicles for moving their senior citizens, which can then be used for the evacuation with no extra cost to be considered in the budget.