Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Advancement Program
Project Description and Purpose
The MEMA Advancement Program is composed of four major areas of emphasis:
- Emergency Services Infrastructure: Upgrades in emergency services communications and situational awareness infrastructure, data collection, management and dissemination to support policy making, resource allocation and incident support. These systems will also provide key inputs to public information and advisory notices during incidents to include response and recovery.
- Emergency Services Staffing: Create a MEMA Reserve (on-call paid) and MEMA Volunteer (on-call unpaid) program to provide MEMA with staffing during activations.
- Shelters, Resilience Centers and Assembly Areas: Building upon previous efforts, suitability analyses will be updated and needs analyses generated for sheltering utilizing both County and Department of Education facilities under various scenarios. Additionally, sites for resilience centers and assembly areas will be identified with associated support requirements under various contingencies.
- Community Engagement: In addition to ongoing community education and preparedness activities, implementing a comprehensive social media strategy utilizing social media monitoring for situational awareness, can provide emergency alert and other relevant information to affected communities during response and recovery and a renewed emphasis on recruitment and training of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).
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Interdependencies, Roadblocks and Next Steps
A stable civil service cadre is a critical requirement in executing the proposed program.
Project Details
Cost Estimate
$168,750
Potential Funding Sources
- Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant
- Emergency Operations Center Grant Program
Existing Funding Sources
Project Lead
Maui Emergency Management Agency
Project Partners
County Department of Fire and Public Safety
County Police Department
County Department of Public Works
County Department of Parks & Recreation
County Department of Human Concerns
County Department of Transportation
Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency
State Department of Education
State Department of Transportation
FEMA (grant opportunities)
Maui Electric