2022

March 5, 2022 Release No. 2022-014  HONOLULU — A single siren in the All-Hazard Statewide Warning System sounded for several minutes around 2 a.m. HST Saturday in the Waialua community of O’ahu, but there was no imminent hazard to the public. ...

March 4, 2022 Release No. 2022-013 HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) will no longer update the online COVID-19 Information Hub on Saturdays, Sundays or State/Federal holidays. The data on COVID-19 are provided to HI-EMA by the Hawai‘i State...

State of Hawaii Strategic Plan 2020-2025Download

The year 2021 offered challenges to Hawai’i and the Hawai’i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), as the agency continued its unprecedented work coordinating the response to COVID-19 while also managing responses to a huge wildfire and multiple severe weather incidents. 2021_HIEMA.YearReviewFinalDownload

Monday, Feb. 28, 2022  Release No. 2022-012 HONOLULU — There are only a few weeks left to apply for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) federal disaster loans for physical damage sustained during the December 2021 "Kona low" severe weather, flooding, and...

Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 Release No. 2022-011 HONOLULU — The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at...

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 Release No. 2022-010 HONOLULU — The U.S. President on Tuesday declared a major disaster related to the record-breaking ‘Kona low’ storms of December 2021, opening a new source of assistance to help communities in Hawai‘i recover from...

Amended Emergency Proclamation and Amended Exhibit B Related to COVID-19

Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022   Release No. 2022-009 HONOLULU – An apparent malfunction in the Hawai‘i All-Hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System Saturday night caused at least one siren on the Big Island in central Hilo to sound in error for...

Friday, Jan. 28, 2022  Release No. 2022-008 HONOLULU – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Friday authorized low-interest federal disaster loans for businesses and residents on several islands that were affected by severe storms, flooding and landslides as a...

Friday, Jan. 28, 2022  Release No. 2022-007 HONOLULU — The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 at...

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022    Release No. 2022-006 HONOLULU – The deadline is quickly approaching for Hawai‘i nonprofits, local governments and other interested parties to apply for nearly $25 million in grant funding tied to presidential disaster declarations for the COVID-19...

Emergency Proclamation Related to COVID-19 Omicron Variant

Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022  Release No. 2022-005 HONOLULU – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Wednesday announced that it has obligated the advance of more than $47 million to pay for nearly 1,000 state-contracted medical staff to assist hospitals...

Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022  Release No. 2022-004 HONOLULU – The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center canceled the Tsunami Advisory for the State of Hawaiʻi at 8 a.m. HST on Saturday, Jan. 15. At this time, no casualaties, injuries, or major damage...

Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 Release No. 2022-003 HONOLULU – The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a Tsunami Advisory for the State of Hawai‘i at 12:40 a.m. HST on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, as a result of a volcanic eruption in...

Friday, Jan. 7, 2022  Release No. 2022-002 HONOLULU – Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during the 2021 Delta variant surge, access to free diagnostic testing sites for Hawai'i communities has been invaluable in protecting the health of residents, their families...

Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 Release No. 2022-001 HONOLULU – Teams of state, county and federal workers will return to Maui Tuesday to examine private property damage caused by the "Kona low" weather system that dumped more than 20 inches of...