August 2019
Hawai`i Emergency Management Agency │Director’s Emergency Checklist │Document Maintained by HI-EMA Training Manager
ONGOING ACTION ITEMS
REF. FOR MORE INFO
1. Receive incident updates from SERT members.
2. Verify with the EMO that the agency is regularly providing
required information to the SEOC.
□ Submission of daily Department and SESF Situation Reports
□ Real-time updates on key department and SESF emergency activities
or impacts
□ Damage information
□ Cost information
Refer to State Department
Director Guide document:
Information Sharing and
Resource Requests During
State EOC (SEOC)
Activations
3. Participate in the Governor’s Policy group or other meetings of
Senior Officials, as requested.
4. Activate any emergency aid programs or services the
department manages.
5. Monitor impacts on department staff and operations and cancel
or restore non-essential functions, as appropriate.
6. Monitor the department’s emergency-related expenses and
ensure tracking and reporting are ongoing.
7. Verify a full damage assessment has been conducted of all
agency facilities/property and reported to the SEOC and
relevant staff.
Refer to State Department
Director Guide document:
Information Sharing and
Resource Requests During
State EOC (SEOC)
Activations
8. Assign staff to work with the SEOC on determining eligibility for
reimbursement of emergency work and repair costs through the
FEMA Public Assistance Program (if activated).
Refer to Public Assistance
Fact Sheet:
https://www.fema.gov/media-
library/assets/documents/90743
9. Advise the Attorney General’s Office on the continued need for
suspension of statutes or regulations to facilitate departmental
response operations.
10. Monitor public information needs or media relations concerns
and direct additional messaging or outreach as required.
11. Provide regular updates to all staff on the status of emergency
operations and work schedules.
12. Ensure information on recovery resources disseminated by the
SEOC are shared with all personnel impacted by the incident.