GOAL 1
K1 Reword to “all public shelters shall meet the minimum ADA requirements for Level II shelters”.
K2 Combine OBJECTIVES 1 & 3 and reword.
K3 Change wording from level I to “Level II”.
M1 Add “ADA” to minimum requirement.
M2 Add the word “egress” to the wording.
H1 Add “ADA” to minimum requirement.
O1 Use simple words:”exit, entrance, in, out”.
OBJECTIVE 1.1
K1 Insert “all buildings or sites” in place of schools.
K2 What is meant by “hardening”?
K3 Replace the word community with “emergency evacuation”.
K4 Review use of all terrain chairs at non ADA compliant sites.
M1 Include “UH and community colleges” in the plan.
M2 Spell out ADA.
KON1 Add to wording “other locations’, private schools, county buildings, community centers, etc.
H1 Add “other facilities (private, community centers, etc)”.
O1 Used as emergency evacuation centers.
O2 State & County facilities.
O3 Split Objective 1.1 DOE facilities / other facilities.
OBJECTIVE 1.2
K1 Insert “upgrade current emergency evacuation sites that are not ADA compliant”.
M1 Be more specific to the site.
OBJECTIVE 1.3
K1 Include occupany plus 20%.
K2 Tax credits to private care facilities for retrofitting their own facilities with their own funds.
K3 Use of public funds for retrofit of private facilities.
M1 Add “county buildings and facilities” to the plan.
M2 Minimum requirements should be 120-130 %
KON1 Add “all homes to be accessable”
H1 Add to wording “county & federal buildings”.
H2 Add in Note: “pertains to gov’s administrative directve”.
H3 Add “to include all hardened structures:.
O1 Add “all newly constructed state buildings”.
O2 “Accessible per contractor working with special needs owner”.
OBJECTIVE 1.4
K1 Currently no trained staff for Level II shelters.
K2 Look at evacuees in the general population shelters to assist in Level II shelters.
M1 Add “level II” to the wording.
M2 Insert “DOH shall provide training”.
M3 Also “use other methods of training”.
M4 Add words, “approved by American Red Cross”.
M5 Also add “participate in exercises”.
H1 Governor’s office to direct departments.
H2 Assign all state employees in the event of a disaster under Gov’s directive.
H3 Add ” how to respond to needs”.
H4 Provide funding to the organizations that do the training.
H5 Red Cross to attach module to CNA training.
H6 Need to emphasize cultural sensitivity if Red Cross training.
H7 Have Aging Disability Resource Center (ADRC) do the training.
O1 To include people with disabilities to go thru Red Cross training towork in shelters.
O2 Add Red Cross to be the lead for Level II shelters.
GOAL 2
K1 Add another OBJECTIVE to include tax incentives for builders, developers to plan to use potential shelters.
K2 Add “residential homes”.
M1 State why we want to shelter-in-place. (Stable, consistant, familiar environment).
M2 Cite a study to support the new statement.
O1 Add “every community”.
OBJECTIVE 2.1
K1 Replace the word facility with “structure (home, building, etc)”.
M2 Add the word “home”.
H1 Offer grants to offset costs to private owners.
O1 “Ensure provision of”.
O2 Include grants for private facilities.
OBJECTIVE 2.2
K1 Site visits can be requested from SCD.
H1 Include “encourage care home facilities to work together in an event”.
O1 Include retirement homes.
OBJECTIVE 2.3
K1 Community pitch in to help spread the word.
K2 Change HRS to give tax credits to private care facilities.
M1 Public awareness campaign should consist of —
KON1 Date the objectives.
KON2 Emergency readiness is more important because we have more smaller disasters.
H1 Stress shelter-in-place.
GOAL 3
K1 Shorten Goal 3 wording – “Increase the number of emergency evacuation shelters to support Level II individuals”.
M1 Find out percentage of level II shelters.
M2 Establish a goal for level II increase by a timeline.
M3 Add “as funds become available”.
M4 Create a timeline.
M5 Create a program for funding level II shelters.
H1 Put “increase” at the beginning.
O1 Clarify centers.
OBJECTIVE 3.1
K1 Add Red Cross to list of agencies.
KON1 Add “medication”.
O1 Add “accessable toilet facilities”.
O2 Reword “medication”procedures.
O3 Only have 30 day supply of medications.
OBJECTIVE 3.2
K1 Initial Level II shelters be located close to hospitals for support.
K2 Designate emergency personnel to man Level II shelters.
K3 Add Red Cross to list of agencies.
K4 Add Medical Reserve Corps to list of agencies.
M1 Offer training program to serve level II shelters.
M2 Establish staffing levels.
H1 Have incentives to establish network of staffing.
OBJECTIVE 3.3
K1 Add “minimum training level”.
M1 DOH should organize staffing levels.
H1 All agencies & organizations willing to staff.
O1 Have an incentive program to encourage volunteers to staff Level II shelters.
OBJECTIVE 3.4
K1 Add “voluntary registry, just a list of needs”.
M1 Have local organizations provide input about special needs people in their communities.
M1 Local community identifies special needs.
KON1 Eliminate objective entirely.
H1 Contact all appropriate agencies (county/state) ie: office of aging
H2 ”Identify geographically”.
O1 Add “for planning purposes”.
O2 Follow Samoa’s model, “identify villages”.
OBJECTIVE 3.5
OTHER SUGGESTIONS
K1 Build more shelters for tourists using funds from tourism industry.
K2 Need to add by dates to all OBJECTIVES.
K3 Voluntary pre-registration with a signed consent to release info.
K4 Have shelter registration forms available to those that want to fill it out prior to evacuating to a shelter.
K5 State incentive (tax credit) for pre-registration for shelters.
K6 Explore idea of soliciting private contributions for retrofitting public as well as private hardening projects.
K7 Tax credits for charitable contributions.
KON1 The medication prescription supply issue needs to be addressed
H1 ID people with special needs, ie: sticker on house.
H2 Have better documentation for service animals.
H3 1st Aid/CPR training to all shelter staff.
H4 Propose donation on tax returns for emergency preparedness.
H5 Ask Habilitat support
H6 County should build community center in Kau to be used as a shelter.
H7 Train ARC staff in Level II.
H8 Transportation for Level II.
H9 Do County plans first, by Counties, starting with Big Island.
H10 All schools that have special needs students should have warning lights/sirens.
O1 Add objective for an agency/organization to take lead & role.
O2 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies for evacuation shelter retrofits.
O3 There is ashortage of staff at hospitals.
O4 Where are we going to address interpreters for deaf/hard of hearing?
O5 Make change to include DEM.
O6 Everything/part add ADA compliant
