SCOPE - Survivalist Coalition Of Puna & Environs?

[AlohaSteven]

On 26DEC2008 Seeb commented-

There are many groups in Puna involved in community disaster preparedness and response
CERT - the community emergency response team program
The local volunteer fire companies
ARES - ham radio emergency net
MRC - the medical reserve corp.
VOAD - volunteer organizations assisting in disaster (church groups, red cross, etc.)

A co-op to buy supplies (fire extinguishers, first aid stuff, batteries) might be useful.

With thanks to Seeb for pointing the way, here are some potentially useful links to sites, articles, and resources connected with these organizations and describing their efforts as best I could find such. Please do add other links, anyone, if you know of better sources of information (particularly on how to become a volunteer firefighter in Puna- I did not find any useful sites or articles specifically on that topic).

CERT - the community emergency response team program
http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
http://www.citizencorps.gov/cc/listCounc...mitByState&stateOnly#HI

The local volunteer fire companies
http://www.firedepartments.net/Hawaii/Hi...tment.html
http://www.qsl.net/ah7e/hawaiifd.html
http://hawaii.firedepartments.net/county...ounty.html

ARES - ham radio emergency net
http://www.biarc.net/
http://bigislandsolutions.wordpress.com/...in-hawaii/
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=542
http://ronhashiro.htohananet.com/am-radi...m/net.html
http://www.qsl.net/ah7e/amateur.html
http://www.arrl.org/sections/PAC.html
http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/hfop.html
http://www.punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6510

MRC - the medical reserve corp.
http://medicalreservecorps.gov/HomePage
http://medicalreservecorps.gov/detail.asp?State=38&id=403

VOAD - volunteer organizations assisting in disaster
http://www.pdc.org/PDCNewsWebArticles/20...index.html
VOAD Organizational Manual
http://www.nvoad.org/Portals/0/VOAD%20Or...Manual.doc
THE ROLE OF “THIRD SECTOR” ORGANIZATIONS
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/docs...ations.doc

Also:

DACB - Disability & Communication Access Board
http://hawaii.gov/health/dcab/home/index.htm
Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities: 2008
Agency Readiness Survey Report --and--
http://hawaii.gov/health/dcab/emergencyprep/index.htm

Crisis Plan Praised
http://bigislandsolutions.wordpress.com/page/2/

Good to know these groups exist, are active, and available for folks in Puna to join up with if they want to learn &/or already have some expertise in those various areas of service!


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