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2020’s HIEMA Photographs

December 15, 2025
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2020ʻs, HIEMA History
Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency, Honolulu HI. Hawai‘i emergency management personnel always on guard and prepared to respond to natural or man-made disasters. (Photo by: Douglas Caroll)
Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency, Honolulu HI. Hawai‘i emergency management personnel always on guard and prepared to respond to natural or man-made disasters. (Photo by: Douglas Caroll)
(Picture from the 2020 Annual Report)
A More Challenging Hurricane Season with COVID-19
A More Challenging Hurricane Season with COVID-19
(Picture from the 2020 Fall Pupukahi)
Teams deployed in Maui County to assess private property damage from 'Kona Low' storm
Teams deployed in Maui County to assess private property damage from ‘Kona Low’ storm
Teams deployed in Maui County to assess private property damage from 'Kona Low' storm
Teams deployed in Maui County to assess private property damage from ‘Kona Low’ storm
(Pictures from the 2022 Spring Pupukahi)
HI-EMA, UH Manoa Students Team Up to Create “Wiki Hale” Shelter Prototype; Model Could Become a New Tool For Disaster Recovery
HI-EMA, UH Manoa Students Team Up to Create “Wiki Hale” Shelter Prototype; Model Could Become a New Tool For Disaster Recovery
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
State, county, and federal emergency management partners participated in a simulated Emergency Operations Center activation during the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency’s (HI-EMA) Makani Pahili hurricane preparedness exercise on May 9, 2022. HI-EMA also conducted a senior leader executive summit as part of Makani Pahili at Aloha Tower on May 10. | Photos courtesy of HI-EMA
(Pictures from the 2022 Summer Pūpūkahi)
HI-EMA also posted a live-action video collecting interviews with survivors and responders telling their stories of the “Lessons of Iniki” to mark the 30th anniversary of the massive hurricane’s landfall on Kaua‘i on Sept. 11, 1992. Hollie Stark Reina of HI-EMA’s External Affairs branch arranged and conducted the interviews on Kaua‘i with assistance from the Kaua‘i Emergency Management Agency. She also edited the video, and even supplied the music, which was written and performed by one of her sons. The footage was used in several TV news reports on the hurricane anniversary, and tied in with the themes of the animated PSA series.
HI-EMA also posted a live-action video collecting interviews with survivors and responders telling their stories of the “Lessons of Iniki” to mark the 30th anniversary of the massive hurricane’s landfall on Kaua‘i on Sept. 11, 1992. Hollie Stark Reina of HI-EMA’s External Affairs branch arranged and conducted the interviews on Kaua‘i with assistance from the Kaua‘i Emergency Management Agency. She also edited the video, and even supplied the music, which was written and performed by one of her sons. The footage was used in several TV news reports on the hurricane anniversary, and tied in with the themes of the animated PSA series.
HI-EMA launches Print and Video outreach
HI-EMA launches Print and Video outreach
(Pictures from the 2022 Fall Pūpūkahi)
When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist
When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist
When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist
When A Sleeping Giant Awakened, HI-DOD Stepped Up To Assist
(Pictures from the 2022 Winter Pūpūkahi)
HI-EMA staffers worked at two Housing Resource Fairs held on Maui in February. – HI-EMA photo
HI-EMA staffers worked at two Housing Resource Fairs held on Maui in February. – HI-EMA photo
(Picture from the 2024 Annual Report)
HI-EMA Executed Successful Tsunami Exercise
HI-EMA Executed Successful Tsunami Exercise
HI-EMA Executed Successful Tsunami Exercise
HI-EMA Executed Successful Tsunami Exercise
HI-EMA Executed Successful Tsunami Exercise
HI-EMA Executed Successful Tsunami Exercise
(Pictures from the 2024 Winter Pūpūkahi)
The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) and Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) shared a space to inform the Lānaʻi community on the importance of preparedness. Eden Stewart, Courtney Dumlao, George Purdy, James Dineen and Everett Balmores from MEMA and Kīele Amundson, Hauʻoli Keawe Aiko, John Vierra and Francis Kau from HIEMA were in attendance. (Photo by Eden Stewart, MEMA)
The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) and Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) shared a space to inform the Lānaʻi community on the importance of preparedness. Eden Stewart, Courtney Dumlao, George Purdy, James Dineen and Everett Balmores from MEMA and Kīele Amundson, Hauʻoli Keawe Aiko, John Vierra and Francis Kau from HIEMA were in attendance. (Photo by Eden Stewart, MEMA)
Kīele Amundson, left, and Sylvia Young celebrated with the Lānaʻi community while learning valuable preparedness tips at the Pineapple Festival. (Photo by Kīele Amundson, HIEMA)
Kīele Amundson, left, and Sylvia Young celebrated with the Lānaʻi community while learning valuable preparedness tips at the Pineapple Festival. (Photo by Kīele Amundson, HIEMA)
(Pictures from the 2025 Pūpūkahi | Volume 55 | No. 3)
On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operations Center was fully activated and the Joint Information Center was assembled inside Diamond Head Crater as Gov. Josh Green, Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Administrator James Barros oversaw the preparation and response to the possible incoming tsunami. They coordinated with federal, state, county and military partners to plan how to keep Hawaiʻī safe. – Photos by retired Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson
On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operations Center was fully activated and the Joint Information Center was assembled inside Diamond Head Crater as Gov. Josh Green, Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Administrator James Barros oversaw the preparation and response to the possible incoming tsunami. They coordinated with federal, state, county and military partners to plan how to keep Hawaiʻī safe. – Photos by retired Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson
On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operations Center was fully activated and the Joint Information Center was assembled inside Diamond Head Crater as Gov. Josh Green, Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Administrator James Barros oversaw the preparation and response to the possible incoming tsunami. They coordinated with federal, state, county and military partners to plan how to keep Hawaiʻī safe. – Photos by retired Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson
On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operations Center was fully activated and the Joint Information Center was assembled inside Diamond Head Crater as Gov. Josh Green, Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Administrator James Barros oversaw the preparation and response to the possible incoming tsunami. They coordinated with federal, state, county and military partners to plan how to keep Hawaiʻī safe. – Photos by retired Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson
On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operations Center was fully activated and the Joint Information Center was assembled inside Diamond Head Crater as Gov. Josh Green, Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Administrator James Barros oversaw the preparation and response to the possible incoming tsunami. They coordinated with federal, state, county and military partners to plan how to keep Hawaiʻī safe. – Photos by retired Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson
On July 29, a tsunami warning was in effect after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operations Center was fully activated and the Joint Information Center was assembled inside Diamond Head Crater as Gov. Josh Green, Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Administrator James Barros oversaw the preparation and response to the possible incoming tsunami. They coordinated with federal, state, county and military partners to plan how to keep Hawaiʻī safe. – Photos by retired Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson
(Pictures from the 2025 Pūpūkahi | Volume 55 | No. 4)
The DAGS Department Operations Center crew and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency observers gathered for a photo.
The DAGS Department Operations Center crew and Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency observers gathered for a photo.
Miyoke Ng discussed the activation exercise with her State of Hawai‘i Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) colleagues.
Miyoke Ng discussed the activation exercise with her State of Hawai‘i Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) colleagues.
(Pictures from the 2025 pūpūkahi | Volume 55 | No. 5)