Emergency Management (Hawaii Revised Statutes: Chapter 127A) Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale Hawaii Type du document Législation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén., Général Mot clé Risques Gouvernance Système d'alerte précoce Évaluation/gestion des risques Santé publique Institution Questions de procédures Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé This chapter of the Hawaii Revised Statutes regulates emergency management. Specifically, it provides that, because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters or emergencies of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from natural or man-made hazards, and in order to ensure that the preparations of this State will be adequate to deal with such disasters or emergencies; to ensure the administration of state and federal programs providing disaster relief to individuals; and generally to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and to preserve the lives and property of the people of the State, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary: to provide for emergency management by the State, and to authorize the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the counties of the State; to confer upon the governor and upon the mayors of the counties of the State the emergency powers necessary to prepare for and respond to emergencies or disasters; to provide for the rendering of mutual aid among the counties of the State and with other states and in cooperation with the federal government with respect to the carrying out of emergency management functions; to permit out-of-state utilities to provide services in the State pursuant to a mutual assistance agreement with a state utility to repair, renovate, or install electrical or natural gas facilities that have been damaged, impaired, or destroyed due to or in connection with such disasters or emergencies; and to provide programs, in cooperation with other governmental agencies, the private sector, and nonprofit organizations, to educate and train the public to be prepared for emergencies and disasters. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.capitol.hawaii.gov Références - Législation Implementé par Proclamation of Emergency Period due to COVID-19 (Governor of the State of Hawaii) Législation | États-Unis d'Amérique | 2020 Mot clé: Santé publique, Risques, Évaluation/gestion des risques, Protection du consommateur, Commerce intérieur, Infractions/sanctions Source: FAO, FAOLEX