Kākou Panelists:

• Hirokazu Toiya, Emergency Management Director-City & County of Honolulu
• Tamara Paltin, Maui County Council—West Maui Seat
• Dennis Hwang, Coastal Hazard Mitigation Specialist, University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Program
• Clay Trauernicht, Pacific Fire Exchange Project Leader
• Albie Miles, University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu Sustainable Community Food Systems Assistant Professor
• John Bravender, NOAA-National Weather Service
• Denise Everhart, American Red Cross Hawaiʻi Divisional Disaster Executive
• Amy Miller Marvin, Hawaii Foodbank President and CEO
• Elton Ushio, Kauaʻi County Emergency Management Administrator

Are you prepared? Here are a few links on disaster preparedness:

• Hi-EMA – lots of resources, can sign up for alerts, get lists of what to have in a kit, etc.
  • https://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/
• Maui County Emergency Management Agency
  • https://www.mauicounty.gov/70/Emergency-Management-Agency
• Kauai County EMA
  • https://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments-Agencies/Emergency-Management-Agency
• C&C Honolulu EMA
  • https://www.honolulu.gov/dem
• Hawaii County EMA
  • https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/departments/civil-defense/emergency-preparedness
• Hawaii Homeowners Handbook (may want to put this one first – it’s the best resource)
  • https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/homeowners-handbook-to-prepare-for-natural-hazards/
• Hawaii Red Cross
  • https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii.html