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July 20, 2017 Lahaina, HI - WMTA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL SPEAKERS COMING TO PARTICIPATE IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: MAUI ELECTRIC TO SHARE STORM RESPONSE AND POWER RESTORATION West Maui Community Disaster Planning Meeting Scheduled for Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Lahaina Civic Center Amphitheater at 5:30 p.m. These meetings are free and open to the public. With hurricane season officially underway, the Hawaiian Hazards Awareness and Resilience Program (HHARP) invites the public to hear from Maui Electric representatives Chris Reynolds and Kūhea Asiu who will discuss important storm response and power restoration efforts. “It’s our responsibility to provide safe and reliable power to our community, but natural disasters do happen and outages can occur, so being prepared is critical,” said Chris Reynolds, manager of system operations at Maui Electric. “That’s why we’ll be discussing how residents and businesses can make plans now to safeguard themselves and their families during this potentially active storm season. We’ll also be sharing how our trained crews respond to emergencies and the steps we take to restore power should a natural disaster strike.” Maui Electric provides electrical service to nearly 70,000 customers on Maui, Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i. Reynolds oversees the company’s system operations area that monitors and controls the company’s electrical system 24-7, as well as reroutes power and relays outage information and restoration crews during outages. Asiu coordinates the company’s community and government relation efforts for Maui County. The WMTA is working with the Maui Emergency Management Agency, The Pacific Disaster Center, and the State Emergency Management Agency on developing a customized disaster plan designed to meet West Maui’s specific needs. The isolation from the Island’s major hospital and airport, due to frequent road closures, fires and flooding, have highlighted the need for special preparedness planning. The Hawaiian Hazards and Resilience Program (HHARP) is a series of monthly workshops, presented by subject-matter experts, to provide education for hazard understanding and offer tools and information resources to guide community mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery planning. The current meeting schedule follows:
For more information about HHARP and this event, contact Joseph Pluta at (808) 661-7990 or email [email protected]. For more information on the Maui Electric emergency response presentations, contact Kūhea Asiu at (808) 872-3244 or email [email protected]. From: xxx On Behalf Of Kaiser Permanente-Hawaii
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 9:09 AM To: xxx Subject: What the Maui Health System Transfer Means for You An important message from Mary Ann Barnes, RN, President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Hawaii Region, and Geoffrey S. Sewell, MD, FACP, President and Executive Medical Director, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group Kaiser Permanente has been on Maui for close to 50 years. Now, we’re excited to do even more for health care on Maui and Lanai. On July 1, 2017, Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital, and Lanai Community Hospital will become part of Maui Health System. Maui Health System is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. What does this mean for you as a Kaiser Permanente member? There is no change for you. You can visit your Kaiser Permanente doctor as usual. You can go to the same Kaiser Permanente clinic you visit now. Your care team will help you get the care you need. As always, we will keep you at the center of everything we do. These community hospitals will have Kaiser Permanente’s electronic medical record system. If your Kaiser Permanente doctor sends you to one of the hospitals, this system will support your care. What does this mean for the community? Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital, and Lanai Community Hospital still will be open to everyone. The hospitals will see all patients, regardless of health insurance coverage. Many of the same doctors and staff will continue working there. We appreciate everyone at the hospitals and clinics who has cared for the community for many years. Kaiser Permanente already serves 59,000 members on Maui. And we’re pleased to be working with the State of Hawaii and local medical community to provide high-quality, patient-centered, affordable care to all residents of Maui and Lanai. It’s what we believe in. It’s what we do every day. Thank you for being a Kaiser Permanente member. It’s truly an honor to be your partner in health. Sincerely, Mary Ann Barnes, RN President, Hawaii Region, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Geoffrey S. Sewell, MD, FACP President and Executive Medical Director, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group PRESS RELEASE-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 7, 2017 Lahaina, HI - WMTA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL SPEAKERS COMING TO PARTICIPATE IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS West Maui Community Disaster Planning Meetings Scheduled for Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Lahaina Civic Center Amphitheater at 5:30 p.m. Guest speakers will be Michele Liberty, Maui County Director & Disaster Program Director of the U.S. Red Cross Hawaii State Chapter presenting on the topic “Emergency Sheltering in Maui”; and Charnan Carroll, Disaster Preparedness Specialist of the Maui County Emergency Management Agency, presenting on the topic “Personal Preparedness Planning”. The WMTA is working with the Maui Emergency Management Agency, The Pacific Disaster Center, and the State Emergency Management Agency on developing a customized disaster plan designed to meet West Maui’s specific needs. The isolation from the Island’s major hospital and airport, due to frequent road closures, fires and flooding, have highlighted the need for special preparedness planning. The Hawaiian Hazards and Resilience Program (HHARP) is a series of monthly workshops, presented by subject-matter experts, to provide education for hazard understanding and offer tools and information resources to guide community mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery planning. The current meeting schedule follows:
These meetings are free and open to the public. There is ample parking for Lahaina Amphitheatre is on lot by District Courthouse adjacent to Entry Gate. The West Maui Taxpayers Association invites you to join us and be a part of the solution to plans that may well be the reason why lives will be saved when disasters strike. Please put these meetings on your calendar and plan to attend! More Information on WMTA and Disaster Preparedness can be found at www.westmaui.org. |
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