HIEMA History

WATCHING FOR SIGNS – State Civil Defense Response Team checks the monitors for Chilean tsunami warning updates, Feb. 27, 2010. State Civil Defense photo THE LAST SUMMIT – (Top right) Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, head, International Cantre for Political Violence &...

BURNING CONTROL-A Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter fights the fire over Waipio Gentry in June. Ken Ige, Honolulu Star-Bulletin photo "H2O FREEWAY - The temporary bypass road to the North Shore of Oahu was affectionately call the H20...

Maj. Gen. Alexis T. Lum, the adjutant general, briefs government and emergency relief officials on the lava flow destruction in Harry K. Brown Park, Kalapana, Hawaii. A reporter walks over recently flowed lava. Lava flow victims from Puna, Hawaii, apply...

Civil Defense officials meet to plan and determine agency responses to disaster situations. -Photo by Steven Philben Heavy rains on Hawaii caused flooding and millions of dollars in property damage. Civil Defense personnel work closely with local radio stations to...

(Pictures from the 1970 Annual Report) 1971-DOD-Annual-Report New radio and teletype equipment increased State CD com­munications capabilities during FY 71. Mr. John N. Butchart Vice Director of Civil Defense Star-Bulletin reporter Lyle Nelson received a Federal CD award for outstanding...

CD displays attracted thousands during Armed Forces Day 1962. On display were communications equipment, Jimmy Walker's mobile radio unit, fallout shelter supplies, radiological equipment and medical supplies. Short wave radio sets within CD Emergency Operating Center can maintain communications during...

pupukahi-August-2025-FINAL-REV2Download FOURTH OF JULY PARADE Hawai‘i, Kansas join musical forces In celebration of Independence Day, the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard’s 111th Army Band proudly joined forces with the 312th Army Band, U.S. Army Reserves, based out of Kansas, to form...