Get Involved

An emergency can strike our community, our home, and our family unexpectedly, without warning. Do you know what to do? Does your family know how to contact you? Do you have a plan to connect and meet up with your loved ones?

Fortunately, residents of Hawai‘i have an opportunity to join in an effort to use our powerful resource of community before encountering an emergency—helping ourselves, our families, our neighbors, and our community prepare, and making Hawai‘i ready.

Local agencies across Hawai‘i are teaming up to share information and encourage residents to prepare for catastrophic events with a statewide campaign, Get Ready Hawai‘i.

You will find information on  how to build an emergency kit and develop a family emergency plan, including how to contact family members and how to meet up after an emergency. Participate by being prepared yourself and by being an advocate for family emergency preparedness.

Disaster Alerts

Press Releases

Preparedness Calendar

• 20 May 2013 09:58:47 GMT
  Tsunami Information Statement
  http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/?region=2&id=hawaii.TIBHWX.2013.05.20.0958

  2013-05-22T03:20:00-10:00
  Wind Advisory issued May 22 at 3:20AM HST until May 22 at 6:00PM HST by NWS
  ...WIND ADVISORY FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TODAY. ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 45 MPH.
  http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=HI124F009EEE20.WindAdvisory.124F00ACC900HI.HFONPWHFO.9270a0b8b568db680164093a05589188

  01 Dec 2012 06:12:50 GMT
  Central Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
  http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/pages/TWO.php

• May 16, 2012
  Retail Merchants of Hawaii Partners with Counties for Disaster Preparedness Campaign
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carol Pregill Retail Merchants of Hawaii 808-592-4200 office cpregill@RMHawaii.org Barbra Pleadwell Hastings &...read more

  May 2, 2012
  Counties Launch “Get Ready Hawai‘i” Pilot Campaign to Improve Disaster Preparedness
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: John Cummings III, Public Information Officer City and County of Honolulu (808)...read more