City and County of Honolulu Oahu Civil Defense Agency directs and coordinates the development and administration of the County's total emergency preparedness and response program to ensure prompt and effective action when natural or man-caused disaster threatens or occurs.
Contact Information
(808) 523-4121
650 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
msamson@co.honolulu.hi.us

City and County of Honolulu Public Safety includes

• Emergency Medical Services Division
• Honolulu Police Department
• Oahu Civil Defense Agency
• Honolulu Fire Department
• Hurricane Season Information
• and the Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Divisions.

County of Hawaii Civil Defense Agency directs and coordinates the development and administration of the County's total emergency preparedness and response program to ensure prompt and effective action when natural or man-caused disaster threatens or occurs in the County of Hawaii.
Contact Information
(808) 935-0031
(808) 935-3311 (after hours)
920 Ululani Street
Hilo, HI 96720
civil_defense@co.hawaii.hi.us

Maui County Civil Defense Agency is responsible for administering and operating the various local, state, and Federal civil defense programs for the County.
Contact Information
(808) 270-7285
200 South High Street
Wailuku, HI 96793
civil.defense@co.maui.hi.us

The County of Kauai Civil Defense Agency is responsible for administering and operating the various local, State and Federal civil defense programs for the County.
Contact Information
(808) 241-1800  
Suite 100, 3990 Kaana Street
Lihue, HI 96766
emops@kcda.state.hi.us

PowerReporting on Terrorism is edited by Bill Dedman, a correspondent for The Boston Globe.

FirstGov Public Safety and Law is the official U.S. gateway connecting the world to all U.S. government information and services.
Contact Information
1 (800) FED INFO (1-800-333-4636)
U.S. General Services Administration
1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405
FirstGov  

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies builds on the strong bilateral relationships between the U. S. Pacific Command and the armed forces of the nations in the Asia-Pacific region by focusing on the broader multilateral approach to addressing regional security issues and concerns.
Contact Information
(808) 971-8900
2058 Maluhia Road
Honolulu, HI 96815
PAO@apcss.org

U.S. Department of Defense DefenseLinks is the official portal to the Department of Defense and offers direct links to some of the most important and most popular DoD Web Sites.

Federal Emergency Management Agency prepares the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident and initiates proactive mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration.
Contact Information
(202) 566-1600
500 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20472

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's The National Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the U. S., its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy.
Contact Information
Honolulu Forecast Office
O'ahu Forecast (808) 973-4380
Maui Forecast (808) 87705111
Big Island Forecast (808) 935-9883
Kaua'i Forecast (808) 245-6001
2525 Correa Rd, Suite 250
Honolulu, HI 96822
W-HFO.Webmaster@noaa.gov

• Pacific Region Headquarters links to the Weather Forecast Offices in Honolulu, HI and Tiyan, Guam; Weather Service office in Pago Pago, American Samoa; Central Pacific Hurricane Center; Pacific Tsunami Warning Center; International Tsunami Information Center; International Tsunami Information Center; and the Weather Service Office in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  Contact Information
  Pacific Region Headquarters
  (808) 532-6416
  737 Bishop Street No 2200
  Honolulu, HI 96813
  W-PRH.Webmaster@noaa.gov
• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center  in Ewa Beach, Hawai`i, provides warnings for teletsunamis to most countries in the Pacific Basin.
  Contact Information
  Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
  (808) 689-8207
  91-270 Ft. Weaver Rd
  Ewa Beach, HI 96706
  charles.mccreery@noaa.gov
• Central Pacific Hurricane Center links to the Weather Forecast Offices in Honolulu, and issues tropical cyclone warnings, watches, advisories, discussions, and statements for all tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific.
  Contact Information
  2525 Correa Rd, Ste 250
  Honolulu, HI 96822
  W-HFO.Webmaster@noaa.gov

The Pacific Disaster Center provides information research and analysis support for the development of more effective policies, institutions, programs, and information products for the disaster management and humanitarian assistance communities of the Asia Pacific region.
Contact Information
(808) 891-0525
590 Lipoa Parkway Suite 259
Kihei, HI 96753

United States Agency for International Development has a long history of extending a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country.
Contact Information
(202) 216-3524
Information Center
U.S. Agency for International Development
Ronald Reagan Building
Washington, DC 20523-1000

National Strategy for Homeland Security identifies and understands threats, assess vulnerabilities, determine potential impacts and disseminate timely information to our homeland security partners and the American public.
Contact Information
Operator Number: (202) 282-8000
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528

The Defense Information Systems Agency Pacific Command is responsible for planning, engineering, acquiring, fielding, and supporting Global Net-Centric Solutions and operating the Defense Information System Network under all conditions of peace and war.
Contact Information
DISA Pacific
(808) 656-1665/1647
Wheeler Army Airfield, HI

Worldwide Disaster Aid and Information on the World Wide Web includes links to the Red Cross, disaster relief agencies, disaster-related links, reference, weather, government information and state emergency management offices.

American Red Cross provides relief to victims of disaster and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies, biomedical, military members and families, health and safety, international, volunteer, youth, nursing, leadership diversity, and government relations.
Contact Information
(808) 734-2101
Hawaii State Chapter
4155 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816-4417
redcrosshawaii@hawaii.rr.com

Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance promotes effective civil-military management in international humanitarian assistance, disaster response and peacekeeping through education, training, research and information programs.
Contact Information
The Center of Excellence in Disaster
Management & Humanitarian Assistance
(808) 433-7035
Tripler Army Medical Center
1 Jarrett White Road (MCPA-DM)
Tripler AMC, HI 96859-5000
comments@coe-dmha.org

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.
Contact Information
(404) 649-3534
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333

The American Civil Defense Association educates Americans to potential threats that we face as a country, including all types of natural and manmade disasters, and promotes reasonable disaster preparedness activities, as well as develops a national volunteer civilian-based defense strategy and program.
Contact Information
(800) 425-5397
PO Box 1057
Starke, FL 32091

About this project, prepared by Diane Nakashima for the University of Hawaii at Manoa Communications Program, May 2005. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Diane. These links may become out-of-date before an opportunity to update. Revised 04/26/05.