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Hawaii Hazards Awareness & Resilience Program

November 9, 2016

BG(R) Bruce Oliveira State of Hawaii Department of Defense

Hawaii Hazards Awareness & Resilience Program:

GOAL: To enhance community resilience to multiple hazards through a facilitated education and outreach program that promotes hazard understanding and awareness, and offers tools and information resources to guide mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

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Situation – Hawaii Catastrophic Plan

• 650,000 people will seek

shelter post landfall

• 350,000 residences (78% of

the residential structures) will be destroyed or significantly damaged

• Island will be without a

power grid for over a month

• Estimated 38M cubic yards of

debris

• Ports will be severely

damaged

Catastrophic Di Disa saster er Oper Operations – Sequence o

• f Response

TIME

EVENT

LEVEL OF EFFORT

Local Resources

Requirements

State Resources

Critical Resource Gaps

Federal Resources

Need for Federal-State-County- Community Integration (One System)

The Program

• Recognizes that “Building Resilient

Communities” is an ongoing process.

• Establishes measures or milestones of resilience.
• Includes guidance for program administration

and implementation.

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Synergies with Other Programs

• HHARP resources and tools will assist communities in meeting

TsunamiReady/ StormReady guidelines, or renewing their application.

• HHARP resources are intended to complement TsunamiReady and

StormReady programs, and help communities take steps beyond readiness and towards resilience.

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Strategy for Success

• The program leverages existing agency activities and

Hawaii-specific resources.

• Expands collaboration and partnership.

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What is Meant by “Community?”

• “Community” is a relative term
• Can be defined by geographical or administrative

boundaries, culture, ethnicity, shared ideals, or circumstances.

• Typically have something in common (place, condition,

interest, interdependencies, etc.)

• Defining “community” by administrative boundaries is less

practicable in Hawaii due to the County being the lowest level of government.

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HHARP Communities

• Completed HHARP Program
• Waimanalo
• Kailua
• Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam
• Aina Haina
• Active Communities
• Hawaii Kai
• Waianae Coast
• Ewa Beach
• Kaneohe - Kahaluu
• Manoa
• Hanapepe
• Keaukaha
• West Maui
• Queued Communities
• Kaimuki
• Hauula
• Kekaha
• Hanalei
• Milolii

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What is Meant by Community Resilience?

• A community that is capable of caring for itself

during and after natural hazard events, and restoring basic structures and functions within a relatively short period of time, is better equipped to deal with the negative human health, environmental, and economic impacts so common after a disaster.

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Administering the Program

State and County Partners:

• Publicize and generate interest in the

program;

• Identify Program Facilitators;
• Disseminate HHARP resources;
• Assist communities in meeting HHARP

milestones;

• Review and validate HHARP applications for

recognition;

• Recognize communities that meet all

program milestones; and

• Sustain interest and engagement in the

program.

Implementing the Program

Community Facilitators:

• Maintain dialogue between communities and

Program Administrators

• Act as primary points of contact;
• Recipients/custodians of the HHARP Resource

Kits;

• Organize and facilitate outreach sessions and

support community achievement of HHARP milestones;

• Maintain documentation; and
• Complete and submit HHARP applications for

recognition.

HHARP Modules

• Module 1: Increases awareness of Hawaii’s most destructive

hazards;

• Module 2: Enhances understanding of official warning

information, and educates residents about response actions;

• Module 3: Improves personal preparedness;
• Module 4: Helps communities identify skills and resources

that may be useful before, during, or after a disaster;

• Module 5: Helps communities understand their risks and

vulnerabilities;

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HHARP Modules

• Module 6: Helps communities develop an emergency plan;
• Module 7: Provides hazard scenarios to exercise community

emergency plans;

• Module 8: Helps communities select appropriate hazard

mitigation measures;

• Module 9: Provides display materials to support community
• utreach events; and
• Module 10: Identifies opportunities for additional training

and education related to disaster management.

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HHARP Milestones

• Each Module is designed to help

communities meet specific objectives.

• Activities associated with each Module help

communities achieve resilience Milestones.

• Communities that accomplish all Milestones

are recognized by the State of Hawaii upon completion and validation of a HHARP Application for Recognition.

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Strategies for Successful Outreach

• Provide Credible Information
• Keep it Simple
• Repeat, Revisit, Reinforce
• Information ≠ Understanding
• Provide Support when Questions Arise
• Get to Know the Community
• Utilize Existing Venues
• Pursue Multiple Channels of Influence
• Include the Business Community
• Make the Media your Friend

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Benefits

• Includes latest available resources from credible

sources.

• Offers a consistent information base for outreach
• efforts. Accessible. Quick reference.
• Intended to empower…enable…boost

efficacy…build confidence…formalize the program…

• Promotes sharing of information, knowledge,

experience, and sound practices.

• Builds community resilience to Hawaii’s natural

hazards.

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Hawaii National Guard

State Active Duty Missions

• Volcanic flows: Pahoa
• Hurricanes / tropical storms /

floods / tsumanis: Iwa, Iniki, Iselle

• Earthquakes:
• Hawaii
• Fires:
• Molokai,
• Hawaii,
• Oahu

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MAHALO

Point of Contact: Arlene Agbayani, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Phone: (808) 733-4300 extension 529

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