 Amongst other things, the Board issues regular information about the status of alerts for selected Indonesian volcanoes.In issuing these information bulletins, the Board draws on the advice of the Centre of Vulcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (often known as PVMBG from the Indonesian name for the Centre, "Pusat Vulkanology dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi").These bulletins are intended to warn local residents of likely threats and also help in planning for emergency response activities.