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earthquake that occurred on the Big Island, it would be prudent for the County to consider establishing an early warning system for the reservoirs above Waimea Town. Currently there is an emergency action plan that is in place in case of flooding caused by reservoir water overflow from heavy rains, but there is no early warning signal or siren in place, should there be significant damage caused to the reservoir by earthquake or other events. Damage to the County reservoirs above Waimea Town is discussed in more detail in section 2.5.5. General Community Readiness To date, a small number of South Kohala residents have undergone CERT training. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. During times of emergency, children who are attending school could be cut off from access to either their parents/legal guardians or their homes. This was the case during recent fires near Waikoloa Village and Puako. Students and parents in these areas were cut off from each other. There is a need to provide for safe transport and / or housing for students should natural disasters occur when schools are in session. Unexploded Military Ordnance (UXO) From 1943 to 1953, the U.S. military utilized 130,000 acres of land with at least 40 percent of the area being used for training with live military munitions. Following the deactivation of Camp Tarawa and Waikoloa Maneuver Area, the Department of Defense performed cleanup activities in accordance with the "Explosive Ordnance Details for Disposal", a series of safety and health standards from the 1940s to 1950s, the time in which this cleanup was done. In 1954, two Parker Ranch employees were traversing the former training area and were fatally injured as they encountered UXO. Within the last decade, UXO has been found at Waimea Middle School and near homes in Waikoloa Village. "FUDS," the Formerly Used Defense Sites program, addresses potential risks on lands formerly owned or controlled by the Department of Defense prior to 1986. The FUDS program is administered and implemented nationally by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and within the Pacific Islands by the Honolulu District. The Waikoloa FUDS area covers 137,000 acres with approximately 50,000 acres considered "high risk." Most of the "high risk" land is near Waimea, in the vicinity of the old Camp Tarawa. To date the Army Corps has cleared about 8,000 acres of land and removed approximately 1,800 pieces of live munitions. It's estimated that to clean up the entire 137,000-acre Waikoloa FUDS area will cost $680 million over the span of 50 years or more. Teaming with experts from the Army Corps' Huntsville Military Munitions Center of Expertise and its contractors, innovative "packages" of sensing technologies have been developed in order to efficiently scan beneath the surface throughout the Waikoloa Maneuver Area FUDS. WATER RESOURCES South Kohala Aquifer System Areas (ASYA) 15