Windward Hoolaulea Emergency Preparedness demostrations.

The Kaneohe Neighborhood Board Emergency Preparedness Committee participated in the Windward Hoolaulea on 10/4/14.  Our presentations were from 9am to about 3pm.  Organizations participating included:

• Kaneohe Neighborhood Board Emergency Preparedness Committee.  Promoting the HHARP program.
• Thrive Life, Long Term Storage Food and the importance of being prepared.
• C&C, Department of Emergency Management promoting CERT
• Amateur Radio Emergency Response Service talking about emergency communications, family service radios and the role of HAMs in an emergency.
• Army Corps of Engineers, presentation on Windward Oahu Training Ranges and the danger of unexploded ordinance.
• NOAA Weather Service discussing hurricane and tsunami preparedness.

Presentations 

Locally-Relevant Hazard Information Provided to Residents	Type/Format	Approximate Number People Contacted	Verification
Dangers of unexploded Ordinance in abandoned military training areas	booth displays, talking with people and distributing literature	1500
Tsunami and Storm readiness	booth displays, talking with people and distributing literature	1500
Need to have food and water for a week to a month.	booth displays, talking with people and distributing literature, dried food samples	1500
Need to know how to take care of self, family and neighbors (CERT)	booth displays, talking with people and distributing literature	2000
Need to organize community to facilitate response to disaster, HHARP, CERT	talking with people and distributing literature	1500
Neighborhood Watch and organizing neighborhoods, Community Policing	booth displays, talking with people and distributing literature	500
Need for families and neighborhoods to be able to communicate their needs	booth displays, talking with people and distributing literature	750

Our thanks to Windward Community College and Mark Tomita of the Hawaii Pacific University School of Nursing and Public Health for sponsoring our tables.
Special thanks to Jon Hanks and Bill Sager who maned the KNB table throughout the day.