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Emergency Support Functions 1-15, 20 in use ESF-1: Department of Transportation ESF-2: Communications ESF-3: Public Works and Engineering ESF-4: Firefighting ESF-5: Emergency Management ESF-6: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing and Human Services ESF-7: Resource Support ESF-8: Public Health and Medical Services ESF-9: Urban Search and Rescue ESF-10: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response ESF-11: Agriculture and Natural Resources ESF-12: Energy ESF-13: Public Safety and Security ESF-14: Long-Term Community Recovery ESF-15: External Affairs [ESF – 16: Special Needs] [ESF – 17: Tourist Evacuation] [ESF-18: Mass Fatalities] [ESF-19: Pet Evacuation and Sheltering] ESF-20: Military Support [ESF-21: Legal]

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NWS SKYWARN LINKS & more


Skywarn training video produced by NWS HFO specifically for Hawaii.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlttvKlyPFk


http://www.arrl.org/ares-el?issue=current

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/pages/highsurfinfo.php

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0f0q03poqm1nry/ICS_309-Hawaii-ARES-RACES_Comm_Log.pdf?dl=0


ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Service - from the ARRL, but can be managed locally

    http://www.arrl.org/ares

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Radio_Emergency_Service

RACES - Radio Amateur Emergency Service - from FEMA, requires a series of online courses and a background check, administered at the State or County level

    http://www.usraces.org/

    https://qsl.net/races/what.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Amateur_Civil_Emergency_Service

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency - national disaster aid (floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, pandemics, etc.)

    https://www.fema.gov/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency

CERT - Community Emergency Response Teams - managed locally, may not require an amateur radio licenses

    https://www.ready.gov/cert


SKYWARN - National Weather Service program - immediate severe weather confirmation - administered at the county level, retrain every 2 years

    https://www.weather.gov/SKYWARN 


Honolulu Forecast Office Skywarn https://www.weather.gov/hfo/skywarn

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywarn

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State Emergency Support Functions (Hawaii)
1-13, 15, 16, 20 in use

ESF-1: Department of Transportation
ESF-2: Communications
ESF-3: Public Works and Engineering
ESF-4: Firefighting
ESF-5: Information and Planning
ESF-6: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing and Human Services
ESF-7: Logistic Mgmt. & Resource Support
ESF-8: Public Health and Medical Services
ESF-9: Search and Rescue
ESF-10: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response
ESF-11: Agriculture and Natural Resources
ESF-12: Energy
ESF-13: Public Safety and Security
[ESF-14: Long-Term Community Recovery]
ESF-15: External Affairs
ESF – 16: Finance
[ESF – 17: Tourist Evacuation]
[ESF-18: Mass Fatalities]
[ESF-19: Pet Evacuation and Sheltering]
ESF-20: Military Support
[ESF-21: Legal]

Reference: https://dod.hawaii.gov/hiema/sert-resources/plans-and-planning-resources/

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Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) [CHAPTER 127A]

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

 

Section

   127A-1 Policy and purpose

   127A-2 Definitions

   127A-3 Hawaii emergency management agency

   127A-4 Hawaii advisory council on emergency management

   127A-5 County emergency management agency

   127A-6 Emergency reserve corps

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   127A-8 Status and rights of personnel

   127A-9 Immunities; rights

  127A-10 Political activity prohibited

  127A-11 Powers on whom conferred; delegation of powers

  127A-12 Emergency management powers, in general

  127A-13 Additional powers in an emergency period

  127A-14 State of emergency

  127A-15 Proclamations, how made; service of papers

  127A-16 Major disaster fund

  127A-17 Allotments

  127A-18 Mitigation of hazardous situations

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  127A-20 Immunity from liability of private shelter

  127A-21 Notice of requisition

  127A-22 Determination of compensation

  127A-23 Determination of damages

  127A-24 Investigations and surveys

  127A-25 Rules and orders

  127A-26 Forfeitures

  127A-27 Preliminary or interlocutory injunctions and temporary restraining orders

  127A-28 Enforcement of injunction proceedings; interventions

  127A-29 Misdemeanors

  127A-30 Rental or sale of essential commodities during a state of emergency; prohibition against price increases

  127A-31 Penalties prescribed by this chapter additional to other penalties

  127A-32 Effect of this chapter on other laws

 

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Skywarn HAM info for Hawaii

Skywarn and Skywarn HAM information for receiving a Spotter Number and contacting Skywarn HAM.

From Kevin Bogan, AH6QO:

 

I have recently been re-appointed as the Skywarn HAM Coordinator for Hawaii.

·        I am working on maintenance issues of the ham radio area in the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office (NWS HFO). The HF antenna mast broke andthe antenna came down.

·        We need Skywarn Spotter volunteers. In discussions with staff at NWS HFO, I was told that the YouTube video produced by NWS HFO staff to train volunteers in Skywarn criteria and reporting is valid.  They stated that it will be updated in the future. For now please view the 47 minute video,follow the instructions and report your results to sheana.walsh@noaa.gov and liam.tsamous@noaa.gov in order to receive your Skywarn Spotter number or that you have refreshed your standing with them.

·        In addition to needing Skywarn Spotters, we need Spotters who have Amateur Radio license to register with me, kevin.bogan@gmail.com, to participate in the Skywarn HAM effort supporting NWS HFO. Due to privacy issues, NWS HFO cannot provide me with a list of who is a Spotter nor who has just received a Spotter number.Please let me know.

·        Iplan on reaching out to the HAM spotters who had previously registered with me.

·        Here are some useful links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlttvKlyPFk&t=1s Skywarn Spotter 2019 training video.
https://www.weather.gov/hfo/skywarn The Skywarn page at NWS HFO includes criteria for reporting.

·        If you have questions, please ask. Please remember that I am Skywarn HAMand not an NWS meteorologist Skywarn. NWS activates Skywarn HAM not me. I coordinate Skywarn HAM, its training in reporting and scheduling of HAM staffat NWS HFO.

Thank you for your interest in Skywarn and Skywarn HAM.

Need more clarification regarding Skywarn and Skywarn HAM?

What is a Skywarn Spotter?

 

SKYWARN is a nationwide network of volunteer weather spotters, trained by National Weather Service(NWS) personnel, who report hazardous weather to local NWS offices. Amateurradio operators and weather observers, generally operating through local organizations,are ideally equipped to contribute to the SKYWARN program. However, the publicis also an integral part of this program. SKYWARN Spotters provide ground truth on the atmosphere that we observe from radar, satellites and various reporting stations. They are our eyes and ears, helping to provide better forecasts and warnings.

 

What is Skywarn HAM?

 

Skywarn HAM is the name given to the Amateur Radio effort that supports the National Weather Service(NWS). When activated by NWS, Skywarn Spotters report Severe Weather Reports(SWR) into the Skywarn HAM station located at the National Weather Service viaradio. This service delivers messages regardless of power outages and disruptions in normal communications giving the NWS “ground truth” reports not obtainable by radar or satellite images. Near real-time reports support the NWSin issuing timely and accurate Warnings, Watches and Advisories.





If there is a REAL WORLD event:
  • Format for real-world Severe Weather Report  (same as what you would do on the telephone call to NWS):

    • first name

    • call sign

    • Spotter number (if you have one)

    • location of observation

    • time of observation

    • Metrics (no guessing! No estimating. If nothing measured, move on to Impacts)

    • Impacts

  • Severe Weather Report (SWR) Criteria ( https://www.weather.gov/hfo/skywarn ) :

    • What to Report (and use EXERCISE and SIMULATED as descriptors for any practice messages):
      - ANY tornado, funnel, or waterspout
      - Heavy rain at a rate of an inch per hour or more lasting more than 15 minutes
      - ANY type of flooding that is threatening or causing damage
      - ANY hail
      - High winds strong enough to cause property damage
      - ANY weather related death, injury, or significant damage

Answer to a recent question about rain gauges. The $60 pro model is preferred, but do what you can:
This is what I bought at Walmart a few years ago: 

AcuRite 5" Capacity Easy-to-Read Magnifying Acrylic, Blue (00850A3) Rain Gauge $5.99

I see it on Amazon.com. 
I just ordered a more professional gauge  

Tropo Rain & Snow Gauge - CoCoRaHS-Approved - Freeze-Proof All Weather Gauge for Extended Outdoor Use - Large 13.5” Capacity – UV-Resistant – Easy-to-Use – Accurate - Professional - Rain & Snow Meter $59.99


The pro models are more accurate and easier to read precisely. 

Other considerations are placement and not having an open view to the sky coupled with shielding of the gauge by a house or trees upwind of the gauge.
We do the best we can. If you measure four inches of rain and it is off a little bit, it is still reportable. Be as precise as possible. Perhaps observing for 30 minutes might improve the accuracy and validity. Remember to say whether the rain is continuing or has stopped. That's the metrics. The Impacts could be "Heavy rain, ponding in yard, roads awash and approaching curb height" and height of streams approaching the level of the banks.


Here is an example when a Spotter made a difference in the NWS issuing a Flash Flood Warning:

Flash Flood Warning


Flash Flood WarningHIC003-122230-/O.NEW.PHFO.FF.W.0015.240512T1924Z-240512T2230Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDFlash Flood WarningNational Weather Service Honolulu HI924 AM HST Sun May 12 2024The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a* Flash Flood Warning for...  The island of Oahu in Honolulu County* Until 1230 PM HST.* At 924 AM HST, trained weather spotters reported heavy rain over  windward Oahu. Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per  hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.  SOURCE...Trained spotters reported.  IMPACT...Flooding in drainages, streams, rivers, roads,           properties, and other low-lying areas. Public road           closures possible in some areas. Landslides are           possible in steep terrain.* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...  Kaneohe, Maunawili, Kailua, Kaneohe Marine Base, Ahuimanu,  Waimanalo, Manoa, Kahaluu, Palolo, Waiahole, Waikane, Heeia,  Bellows Air Force Station, Nuuanu, Waimanalo Beach, Waialae,  Kualoa and Kahana Valley State Park.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Stay away from streams, rivers, drainage ditches, and culverts, evenif they are currently dry.&&This warning may need to be extended beyond 1230 PM HST if floodingpersists.LAT...LON 2133 15766 2131 15780 2152 15789 2151 15783      2147 15783 2143 15779 2144 15778 2146 15779      2147 15779 2148 15773 2147 15772 2146 15771      2141 15773 2134 15769FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED$$JVC
Kevin, AH6QO