August 2019
Hawai`i Emergency Management Agency │Department Readiness Checklist │
Document Maintained by HI-EMA Training Officer
READINESS ACTIONS – STAFFING, TRAINING AND EXERCISE
1. Does the agency have EMOs identified (primary and 2
alternates)
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
2. Are primary and alternate SESF representatives assigned to
each SESF the agency is tasked to support?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
3. Is additional staff trained and ready to be assigned/deployed to
SESFs the department supports, as needed?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
4. Have EMOs and SESF representatives completed required HI-
EMA training?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
5. Have emergency workers needed to sustain/restore critical
functions been identified and trained?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
6. Have workers who may be reassigned during an incident to
support emergency or continuity operations been identified and
informed?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
7. Is the department prepared to provide a list of non-essential staff
that can potentially support other agencies in a major incident?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
8. Are all agency staff notified multiple times a year that all state
employees are considered emergency workers and what this role
may entail?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
9. Is regular training provided to all staff on the agency’s emergency
policies and procedures?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
10. Are internal exercises regularly held to practice and test
emergency and continuity plans and procedures?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
11. Does the agency and its SERT members participate in the
annual Makani Pahili Hurricane exercise?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
READINESS ACTIONS – FACILITIES, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
1. Does the department have a designated Department Operations
Center (DOC)?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
□ Has the DOC been hardened to withstand hurricane forces?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
□ Is the DOC located outside a tsunami evacuation zone?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
□ Is the DOC located outside a flood zone?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A
□ Is the DOC large enough to accommodate key members of the
department’s emergency response team and workers necessary to
sustain essential department functions?
☐Yes ☐No ☐N/A