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T. Kindred stated that they have purchased a device called reverse 911 which ties <br />into the phone system. It provides information data based on your phone number <br />where exactly you live on the ground. He can call from home or the car to enable <br />the system and it will call all the department heads for him in the event of a major <br />disaster. It will call their home phone, pager, and work phone. The system is also <br />smart enough to know if an answering machine answered or someone else <br />answered and it will give him a report when he arrives at work of who has been <br />contacted and who has not. It relieves the Fire Department during a tsunami event <br />because each fire station had a long list of people within that community group they <br />had to call. In the past, he and his staff each had 12 people to call in addition to <br />managing the emergency. Furthermore, this device will also enable them to develop <br />an alternative call list that they can identify such as people with special needs or <br />people with disabilities. <br />T.Kindredsaidthathereviewedthestateplanthismorning.Theplanreestablishes <br />that emergency preparedness begins with the individual. If youre someone with a <br />disability or special need, you have a greater burden to be prepared because there <br />is more challenges. Knowing where you live and what hazards are associated with <br />your area helps reduce the risk of everybody concerned. During a windstorm, you <br />may be stuck at home for a number of days. The Public Works Department will work <br />day and night to get the trees and telephone poles out of the way so people can <br />have ingress and egress. It is critical for someone who needs medication or special <br />care that they have a supply of at least three to five days worth of things on hand. <br />T. Kindred mentioned that he has been on the job for three years, 18 months of <br />which he has been gone in the Middle East. In that three years, the Civil Defense <br />Agency has only now just got four people they were authorized. There is a little <br />backlog, but they are catching up on things. It is essential that they work hand in <br />hand with the disabled community to make it more efficient and to meet the needs of <br />everybody. <br />J. Souza reported that he had a meeting with Lanny Nakano two years ago <br />regarding emergency preparedness. He asked if T. Kindred had a list that was <br />generated with him. T. Kindred said he didnt bring the list with him, but he can <br />update it and move forward. L. Nakano is very good at maintaining notes and <br />documents. J. Souza offered to forward a report from the meeting to T. Kindred. <br />J. Souza asked if reverse 911 will work for a deaf person who has a video phone <br />because those phones do not connect with the police department/911. T. Kindred <br />replied he does not know if it will work at all. He needs to research ways to tie that <br />in and do something else to try and fix it. Secondly, J. Souza said he has 911 relay <br />service on his blackberry and asked whether reverse 911 will work on his blackberry. <br />T. Kindred said he knows the technology is there, but he does not know how it <br />works. There are also initiatives which some other counties have done in certain <br />alerts are certain scenarios they developed an email distribution list. <br />3 <br /> <br />