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Open houses slated to address flood maps
MEDIA RELEASE Two meetings are scheduled to ensure residents and business owners understand the flood hazard map changes and are aware of their options. The meetings are: * 3-8 p.m., Wednesday, April...
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Earthquake repairs continue throughout county
MEDIA RELEASE The County of Hawaii continues to repair damage caused by the October 2006 earthquakes to facilities, bridges, culverts, roads and highways with costs covered by an insurance policy, the...
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Karin Stanton/Hawaii247.com Contributing Editor The county’s flood map, which dates to 1988, is being hauled into this century via a digital update through FEMA. The Federal Emergency Management...
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FEMA, state Civil Defense sign catastrophic plans into operation
MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii’s State Civil Defense and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency have signed into operation catastrophic plans that includes a plan for...
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FEMA continuing preparedness, response efforts in Pacific
PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA - OCTOBER 03: People work to clear the rubble near the village of Nuan Seetaga following the 8.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Sept. 29, on October 3, 2009 in Pago Pago,...
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FEMA releases draft national disaster recovery framework
MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the interagency Long Term Disaster Recovery Working Group, today issued a draft of the...
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Free workshops on coastal construction & national flood insurance
MEDIA RELEASE Targets architects, engineers, surveyors, county officials HONOLULU – The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and FEMA Region IX are offering a valuable four-hour training...
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Tsunami 2011: State puts damage at $30.6 million
(Hawaii 24/7 photo by Karin Stanton) MEDIA RELEASE Gov Neil Abercrombie has formally requested an Administrative Disaster Declaration from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help Hawaii Island...
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Updated flood maps may change insurance rates for Hawaii County residents
MEDIA RELEASE The revised preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) for Hawai‘i County will be released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and available for public comment...
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Funds released to build civil defense shelter in Ka‘u
MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie recently released $17.9 million to Hawaii County for the design and construction of the first Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) certified shelter in Ka‘u....
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FEMA flood insurance maps available
Hawaii 24/7 Staff FEMA has issued preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) and a revised Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for the Big Island that will indicate whether individual properties...
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Nationwide Emergency Alert System test 9 a.m. (Nov. 9)
MEDIA RELEASE As we often say here at FEMA, it’s critical that all members of the team, whether its federal, state, local and tribal governments, or the public, have an emergency communications plan....
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DLNR, FEMA cosponsor flood insurance workshops
MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Engineering Division and FEMA Region IX will co-sponsor a free workshop on the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) Elevation...
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FEMA: Children’s involvement in planning calms fear
MEDIA RELEASE When family life is disrupted by a natural disaster, children often feel vulnerable or frightened. Well thought out plans that involve them in pre-disaster and post-disaster activities...
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Senate passes bill to delay flood insurance increase
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the bipartisan Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (S. 1926), which U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz co-sponsored. This bill will prevent aggressive...
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Preparedness tips for Hawaii residents from FEMA as Hurricanes Iselle and...
MEDIA RELEASE HONOLULU – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through its National Watch Center in Washington and its Pacific Area Office in Oahu, is continuing to monitor Hurricanes Iselle...
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Schatz urges major disaster declaration
MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz has written letters to President Barack Obama and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate supporting the State of Hawaii’s request...
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FEMA denies request for disaster declaration for Tropical Storm Iselle damage
A home in Hawaiian Paradise Park damaged from a fallen tree during Tropical Storm Iselle. Hawaii 24/7 File Photo MEDIA RELEASE HONOLULU – The State of Hawaii’s request for a major disaster declaration...
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FEMA Disaster Declaration issued for TS Iselle damage
MEDIA RELEASE Residents in Hawaiian Paradise Park in Puna work to cover damaged portions of a roof torn away by Tropical Storm Iselle. Photography by Baron Sekiya | Hawaii 24/7 WASHINGTON – The U.S....
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Mayor Kenoi thankful for Iselle disaster declaration
MEDIA RELEASE Mayor Billy Kenoi statement on President Obama’s Hawaii Disaster Declaration: “We want to thank President Obama, Governor Abercrombie, and all those who worked on this request for...
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