John M. Cummings III John M. Cummings III Public Information Public Information Officer Officer Department of Emergency Management Department of Emergency Management City and County of Honolulu City and County of Honolulu Peter B Carlisle, Mayor Peter B Carlisle, Mayor
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John M. Cummings IIIJohn M. Cummings III
Public Information OfficerPublic Information OfficerDepartment of Emergency ManagementDepartment of Emergency Management
City and County of HonoluluCity and County of Honolulu
Peter B Carlisle, MayorPeter B Carlisle, Mayor
Department of Emergency Management Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Mission(DEM) Mission
Prevent or minimizePrevent or minimize loss of life and loss of life and alleviate suffering; alleviate suffering;
Reduce damageReduce damage or destruction to or destruction to property; property;
ProvideProvide for public safety, health and for public safety, health and welfare; welfare;
RestoreRestore disrupted public systems and disrupted public systems and services, and expedite recovery; services, and expedite recovery;
We are partners in the We are partners in the Hawaii Civil Defense SystemHawaii Civil Defense System
Formed during the Cold WarFormed during the Cold War Each county has an emergency management Each county has an emergency management
office to coordinate disaster response – Four office to coordinate disaster response – Four counties totalcounties total
County emergency managers report to Mayor County emergency managers report to Mayor of their jurisdiction – Can activate 24/7of their jurisdiction – Can activate 24/7
County ultimately responsible for alert, County ultimately responsible for alert, warning and evacuation of residentswarning and evacuation of residents
Primary responders, Police, Fire, Ambulance Primary responders, Police, Fire, Ambulance etc. reside at County leveletc. reside at County level
Four County EmergencyManagement Offices
Kauai Civil Defense
Maui Civil Defense
Hawaii CountyCivil Defense
Department of Emergency Management
C&C Honolulu
Respond to multiple natural disastersRespond to multiple natural disasters
260.7 m260.7 m TsunamiTsunami 173173 19461946 StatewideStatewide
174.9 m174.9 m TsunamiTsunami 6161 19601960 StatewideStatewide
99.8 m99.8 m FloodsFloods 00 20002000 HiloHilo
65.4 m65.4 m Winds/floodsWinds/floods 00 19801980 StatewideStatewide
57.8 m57.8 m FloodsFloods 00 19881988 OahuOahu
40.3 m40.3 m Hurricane Hurricane DotDot
00 19591959 StatewideStatewide
11 m11 m FloodsFloods 77 20062006 Kauai/OahuKauai/Oahu
*John J. McCusker, "Comparing the Purchasing Power of Money in the United States (or Colonies) from 1665 to 2005." Economic History Services, 2006, URL : http://www.eh.net/hmit/ppowerusd/
More than 220 tsunami related deaths since
1946 including six on Oahu
Response ChallengesResponse Challenges Planning time – minutes vs. hoursPlanning time – minutes vs. hours Hawaii has unique evacuation issuesHawaii has unique evacuation issues Hurricane/tsunami evacuation is extremely difficultHurricane/tsunami evacuation is extremely difficult Approximately Approximately 78,00078,000 people reside in our people reside in our
evacuation zonesevacuation zones +/- 100,000 visitors+/- 100,000 visitors
Functional requirements and needs for Functional requirements and needs for local forecast guidancelocal forecast guidance
Plain EnglishPlain English We will ask for We will ask for
WAGsWAGs
Tsunami Evacuation ZonesTsunami Evacuation Zones Maps On-line and home or business phonebookMaps On-line and home or business phonebook If you are living in an evacuation zone you If you are living in an evacuation zone you MUSTMUST
evacuate for a hurricane or tsunamievacuate for a hurricane or tsunami
City and NOAA partnershipCity and NOAA partnership
We depend on NOAA data to save lives and protect property!
• Weather alerts • Updates • VTCs
An excellent partnership that we are very grateful for.
Kauai – Hurricane Iniki 1992
John M. Cummings IIIJohn M. Cummings III
Public Information OfficerPublic Information Officer
Department of Emergency ManagementDepartment of Emergency Management
City and County of HonoluluCity and County of Honolulu