Hawaii Civil Defense

Fourth Annual Pacific Preparedness Conference to be held on September 16

In conjunction with National Preparedness Month in September, the Pacific Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Response Information Network and Training Services (Pacific EMPRINTS) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the Hawai‘i State Civil Defense are pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Pacific Preparedness Conference: Challenges for Practice, Policy and Public Health , to be held on September 16, at the Ala Moana Hotel. Target audiences for this conference are disaster management personnel, including first responders, health professionals, laboratory personnel, emergency managers, librarians and social services advocates. The upcoming conference will address timely topics at the forefront of emergency planning, preparedness, management and response concerns. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from national and state experts in the field with decades of knowledge and experience, network with disaster management and preparedness partners, discuss collaborative opportunities, new approaches, perspectives, and ideas; and explore systematic and coordinated options to heighten resiliency in the Pacific region including culturally appropriate approaches. The conference will help participants understand public health consequences frequently seen in disasters and public health emergencies, understand functional and/or access needs of those who are medically vulnerable in a low resource disaster setting, learn about just-in-time resources in the event of a disaster, understand strategies that may potentially better address the standard of care at disaster sites, explore strategies for increasing the resilience of individuals and communities affected by a disaster and understand the challenges of practice and policy in public health. Pacific EMPRINTS (Emergency Management Preparedness and Response Information Network and Training Services) is a consortium of fourteen organizations, which was established in late 2005 with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources Services Administration.  Today, it has grown to a premier disaster preparedness and management training program in the Pacific region.  In addition, since 2008 Pacific EMPRINTS has been designated as the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) Regional Center under the American Medical Association, one of thirty-five (35) such centers in the U.

Tsunami Warning: Hawaii County Civil Defense message upgraded ...

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.

TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0259 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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