{"id":6740,"date":"2022-08-16T10:54:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/?p=6740"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:09:14","slug":"news-release-hi-ema-asks-whats-in-your-go-kit-with-ad-and-social-media-campaign-to-encourage-family-discussions-and-disaster-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/news-release-hi-ema-asks-whats-in-your-go-kit-with-ad-and-social-media-campaign-to-encourage-family-discussions-and-disaster-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS RELEASE: HI-EMA Asks \u201cWhat\u2019s In Your Go Kit?\u201d with Ad and Social Media Campaign to  Encourage Family Discussions and Disaster Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday, August <strong>16, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Release No. 2022-032<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HONOLULU<\/strong> \u2014 The Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) this week launched a new public outreach campaign to promote disaster readiness, asking \u201cWhat\u2019s In Your Go Kit?\u201d to encourage keiki and families to talk about the supplies they would need if an emergency forced them to leave their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign kicked off with wrap-around newspaper ads in the Sunday, August 14, 2022 editions of the <em>Star-Advertiser<\/em>, <em>The Garden Island<\/em>, <em>West Hawai\u2018i Today<\/em> and the <em>Hawai\u2018i Tribune-Herald.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ads stressed that making a plan \u2014 and preparing a \u201cgo kit\u201d to respond to an emergency \u2014 gives families greater control over what can be a frightening situation. The campaign uses the slogan \u201cDon\u2019t Get Scared \u2013 Get Prepared,\u201d which will also be featured in future campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis time of year emergency managers are typically keeping watch for hurricanes and wildfires, but making a plan and preparing a \u2018go kit\u2019 in advance is important to be ready for any kind of hazard at any time of the year,\u201d said Luke Meyers, HI-EMA\u2019s Administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ad campaign included a checklist of items that should be included in a go kit, such as water, non-perishable food, medication, a flashlight and batteries, and a portable radio. It also noted that every go kit will be a little different to help each \u2018ohana stay safe and comfortable, and that keiki can talk with their family members about include a book, toy or other unique item in the go kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HI-EMA encouraged families to share a photo of their go kit on social media using the hashtag #WhatsInYourGoKit; HI-EMA will share some of the photos received to show unique approaches to emergency preparedness. For those who missed the newspaper ad, <a href=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/whats-in-your-go-kit\/\">copies are available on the HI-EMA website<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"># # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Weintraub<br>Communication Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">adam.b.weintraub@hawaii.gov<br>808-620-5417<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Release No. 2022-032 HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) this week launched a new public outreach campaign to promote disaster readiness, asking \u201cWhat\u2019s In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"6854,7733,3179,3124,10306,2031","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[354,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-354","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6740"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15577,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6740\/revisions\/15577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}