Day-2 of HSEEP.

Lots of discussion on writing solid Objectives….ahem, SMART Objectives.

SMART Objectives peeps!!!

SMART objectives will immensely help your evaluators monitor your participants’ actions during any exercise.

It is always fun to lay the ground work for one of the most influential and critical courses in Emergency Management.

Just cause the sun goes down, doesn’t mean Emergency Management stops…..24/7 EM Pros are ready to support any emergency or disaster.

I’d suggest all of you take the FEMA E/L-146 Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) and take it with your local, county, state, and Federal partners.

Teamwork will always lead you to success.

@rusnivek

Fun times sharing the HSEEP magic with everyone here.

I’ll try hard not to hit every acronym…try.

@rusnivek

Finishing one adventure and headed to another.
Clear for takeoff on 8 Romeo.

See you on the flip side peeps!

@rusnivek

Thank you to Vern for his many years of service.

Not only to HI-EMA, but your meritorious years of service to Hawaii and this nation.

@rusnivek

You can never start them too early.

Riding backwards is fun Arden, but leaders ride forwards.

@rusnivek

Yesterday, I was asked to speak at the big lessons learned symposium from the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Former FEMA Deputy Administrator Tim Manning kicked everything off in the morning.

Me? I was specifically asked to address crisis communications and disaster communications in the response phase for September-October in the Florida Keys and November-December in the US Virgin Islands. #PIO #PAO #ESF15 #ExternalAffairs

Also, I was fortunate to be introduced by Director for the Pacific Region of the National Weather Service Ray Tanabe.

His surveys on hydration during disasters is super interesting.

He’s a super nice guy too.

Other speakers also shared stories from Texas, US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Additional panel discussions… 

…and group discussions played out with all participants too.

All islands EMAs were represented including state, DoD, and Federal agencies.

I’m proud to share all our successes in each of these places with everyone attending today.  

So much to learn esp in disaster communications.

@rusnivek

Lots to see, lots to do, lots to share as we kick off a packed symposium on this #AlohaFriday.

What’s it like tweeting from the front of the symposium?

Showcasing the #PIO skills from Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in 3…2…1…

@rusnivek