The University of Hawaiʻi’s (PDC) has been on the frontlines supporting statewide response to historic flooding in Hawaiʻi’ since preparations began in early March, and continues to support statewide recovery efforts currently underway. The applied science and research center’s advanced technology and staff experts are providing state and county officials with on-demand data and analysis to guide decisions and prioritize resources.

As response operations shift into long-term recovery, the Center is working closely with the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency and county partners to maintain a shared understanding of conditions on the ground. Through its DisasterAWARE platform, PDC delivers real-time updates and a common operational picture to help agencies coordinate recovery efforts.

“Our focus is on helping communities move from uncertainty to clarity—giving community leaders the confidence and data to make lifesaving decisions,” said PDC’s Deputy Executive Director Erin Hughey. “As we focus on the challenges of today, we are also reminding communities to keep an eye on long-term recovery. Working together across agencies we will remain focused on quickly translating complex information into practical insights, to help Hawaiʻi rebuild in a way that is stronger and better prepared.”

Identifying hardest-hit areas

PDC has expanded its data holdings to support the state’s official damage assessment and needs analysis. These include detailed information on the status of schools, major transportation systems and key entry points such as airports and seaports. The data is helping officials identify the hardest-hit areas and direct limited resources where they are needed most.

To support daily operations, PDC staff are embedded at the state emergency operations center, helping integrate new data and analytics into recovery planning. The team is also working with state leaders to develop a comprehensive summary report on the flooding impacts, aimed at improving awareness and informing both local and national recovery support.

The Center remains engaged in state-led coordination meetings and continues to provide on-demand analysis as recovery priorities evolve. Ongoing updates through DisasterAWARE are designed to support long-term rebuilding and strengthen resilience to future disasters.

While the PDC’s current focus is on Hawaiʻi’s recovery efforts, it is also looking ahead at the rare Super El Niño hurricane forecast which is slated to be potentially the strongest in a century, affecting not only Hawaiʻi but other communities around the world. PDC has an international mission that actively supports disaster planning and humanitarian efforts globally using its advanced technologies, predictive analytics, data science and machine learning capabilities. PDC’s work spans across North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and other regions, developing early warning capacity, supporting preparedness exercises and planning, and offering advanced risk analysis. These projects leverage the same data-driven tools used locally to help decision-makers anticipate risks, coordinate response and allocate resources effectively.

The University of ±á²¹·É²¹¾±ʻ¾±â€™s Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) has announced a groundbreaking technology and risk reduction collaboration with , the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the City of Cali, Colombia. The initiative aims to strengthen disaster early warning communications and landslide risk awareness to better protect some of Colombia’s most vulnerable communities.

The project is designed to leverage PDC’s advanced DisasterAWARE platform, building operational capacity for the technology within Cali’s disaster management organization, Sistema de Gestión de Riesgos de Emergencias y Desastres (SGRED). Funded by Twilio.org—a platform that allows developers to embed voice, messaging, video and email—the program will ensure critical, life-saving information reaches residents quickly, clearly and in their native language.

“This project breaks new ground for the Center in many ways: Our collaboration with Twilio.org, working with a large municipality like Cali, and new ways to communicate with those at most risk,” said Chris Chiesa, PDC director of early warning solutions.

Expanding capabilities

A central component of the initiative is the expansion of DisasterAWARE Smart Alerts to include WhatsApp as a supported alert distribution channel. With billions of users worldwide, particularly in communities where mobile messaging is the primary means of receiving information, integrating WhatsApp will significantly extend PDC’s ability to deliver timely, actionable alerts directly to people. PDC will also apply artificial intelligence technologies to automate the translation of alert content into Spanish.

The project expands landslide risk analysis tools for early warning within the DisasterAWARE platform to mitigate risk for landslide-prone communities in Cali. By combining technology and risk analysis with capacity building, the initiative seeks to close critical information gaps that often place at-risk populations at greater danger during emergencies.

PDC’s free Disaster Alert app already reaches more than 3 million subscribers worldwide.

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Twenty years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated 14 countries and claimed 228,000 lives, the University of Hawaiʻi-managed (PDC) has emerged as a global leader in disaster management and early warning technologies. The tragic event underscored critical gaps in global preparedness and catalyzed transformative changes—many of which were pioneered by PDC.

The tsunami, triggered by a colossal 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, sent towering waves racing across oceans, leaving destruction in their wake. As the world grappled with the staggering loss, questions arose: How could such a catastrophe occur, and why weren’t more lives saved?

PDC Executive Director Ray Shirkhodai Shirkhodai led the organization’s frontline response. Working around the clock, the applied science and technology center on Maui responded to requests from the humanitarian community and its regional contacts.

“We were processing tsunami warnings, modeling wave propagation times, and fielding requests for support from humanitarian agencies,” Shirkhodai said. PDC’s groundbreaking geospatial technologies and analytical tools became indispensable for coordinating relief efforts across multiple countries.

Spurring global action

PDC, a pioneer in multi-hazard early warning systems, leveraged its web-based platform (which includes a free publicly available app) to provide real-time hazard alerts and decision-making tools. Following the tsunami, PDC partnered with governments and organizations in Southeast Asia to integrate these technologies into national and regional disaster management frameworks. By 2006 PDC had integrated DisasterAWARE alerts into Thailandʻs custom system ThaiAWARE, complete with tsunami warning sirens.

The tsunami’s aftermath also spurred global action, including the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System and the 2005 Hyogo Framework for Action. PDC played a pivotal role in these initiatives, supporting early warning infrastructure and training disaster managers across the Southeast Asia region.

Despite advancements, significant challenges remain. A 2024 UN report revealed that only 38% of countries have comprehensive multi-hazard monitoring systems. PDC continues to innovate, incorporating artificial intelligence, satellite technology, and real-time risk analytics to bridge these gaps.

“The 2004 tsunami was a wake-up call for the world,” said Shirkhodai. “Our mission is to ensure no community is left unprepared.”

Today, PDC’s DisasterAWARE platform serves millions globally, empowering decision-makers and global citizens with the tools to save lives and build resilience.

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—By Chani Goering, with contributions by Dheera Dusanapudi

The (PDC), a University of Hawaiʻi applied science and research center based in Maui, provided technical assistance and expertise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024—the world’s largest international maritime exercise. The U.S. government and 29 other nations, international organizations and interagency partners participated, and the theme was “Partners: Integrated and Prepared.”

Held at Pearl Harbor, July 1–15, RIMPAC 2024 included a large-scale humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HADR) exercise involving eight countries, five ships, five landing craft, five aircraft, multiple land forces, and more than 2,500 total participants. The PDC supported both the academic and execution phases of the HADR exercise.

U.S. Agency for International Development’s Shawn Sippin, humanitarian assistance advisor to the military, said the PDC’s system played a central role in the newly released task manager application for foreign militaries to use for the 2024 RIMPAC exercise.

“It has been great to see how PDC‘s contributions to supporting military involvement in HADR activities have continued to expand and integrate into international systems in use by many foreign militaries looking to exercise their own disaster response readiness,” Sippin said.

The first week of the exercise included an academics portion to enhance participant understanding of international guidelines and norms of foreign military support to disaster relief operations.

Robert Kalei Miller, PDC senior disaster services analyst and liaison to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, highlighted DisasterAWARE as an information sharing platform, and the center’s real-time advanced analytics about potential disaster impacts and humanitarian needs. The academics course laid the foundation for the scenario and execution phase the following week.

Hurricane scenario

The scenario for the exercise was a category two hurricane striking fictitious islands in the Pacific, modeled after the Hawaiian Islands, requiring foreign military aid. PDC provided estimated impacts and realistic situational awareness products of damage assessments, needs assessments and critical lifeline infrastructure status.

At the RIMPAC HADR Camp, the DisasterAWARE Exercise platform was used to provide real-time scenario information as the common operating picture. The PDC also played a role in the Disaster Coordination Center, developing daily disaster coordination center briefs and updating data to feed into the DisasterAWARE Exercise platform.

PDC received high praise in the after-action follow up for information-sharing and its role in the exercise, and plans to integrate lessons learned into its long-term training and development program.

—By Chani Goering and Alison Somilleda

The (PDC), a University of Hawaiʻi applied science and research center based in Maui, hosted an exchange with disaster management experts from the country of Ghana, representing the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), April 8–12.

The exchange was part of an ongoing collaboration between PDC and Ghana on its National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment. With increasing impacts from extreme rains and fires on the horizon for both Maui and Ghana, addressing the elements that make communities more vulnerable and less resilient, and learning from collective experiences, was a focus for all stakeholders.

The Director General of Ghana’s NADMO Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh opened the exchange by saying,

“Climate change exposed the country to prolonged rainfall which led to [Ghana’s Akosombo] dam spillage in 2023. Over 80,000 individuals were affected due to the overflow of river bodies upstream and the impact of the dam spillage. The affected population includes different demography of vulnerable groups including persons with special needs.”

Agyemang-Prempeh emphasized that the technical exchange between PDC and NADMO promised immense benefit to other disaster management institutions throughout the entire subregion of West Africa. “Ghana’s capacity over the years has been of mutual benefit to all neighboring countries, most notably through training exchange programs, relief support, and response operations.”

PDC’s Executive Director Ray Shirkhodai expressed the importance of collaboration in building the capacity of communities to cope with climate change and extreme hazards globally.

“The increase in frequency and severity of climate-related disasters underscores the need for improved risk assessments, advanced early warning systems, and partnership-based resilience efforts worldwide.”

Sharing challenges and successes

The weeklong engagement included a review and collaboration on preliminary final results from Ghana’s National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment. The two parties helped identify and update the nation’s disaster risk profile, vulnerabilities and unique coping capacities.

The delegation from Ghana and PDC also visited the Maui County Fire Department for a briefing on the recent Maui wildfire disaster and the unique firefighting apparatus available in Maui. During a recent visit to Ghana, PDC was able to meet with the Ghana Fire Administration.

“Exchanges among diverse stakeholders like PDC, Ghana, and the Maui Fire Department are remarkable as they help forge new and innovative strategies for managing risks associated with different types of hazards in different environments. This includes sharing and optimization of limited resources, fortification of response operations, and improved planning for resilience to the hazards that inevitably lie ahead,” said ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ President David Lassner who lauded the shared commitment to disaster risk reduction.

“On our current trajectory, every place on Earth will be impacted by climate change. So the work PDC is doing to build strong partnership networks and support risk-informed decision making backed by reliable data is more important now than ever.”

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Landslides and billions of dollars in damage worldwide every year. Through a partnership with NASA, a robust new tool to identify, track and respond to rainfall triggered landslides is now available to all users of the free ’s (PDC) software. PDC is an applied research center managed by the University of Hawaiʻi.

After years of development and testing, NASA’s Landslide Hazard Assessment for Situational Awareness model () has been integrated into the PDC’s multi-hazard monitoring, alerting and decision-support platform. LHASA uses a machine learning model that combines data on ground slope, soil moisture, snow, geological conditions, distance to faults and the latest near real-time data. The model has been trained on a of historical landslides and the conditions surrounding them, allowing it to recognize patterns that indicate a landslide is likely.

The result is a landslide map showing the potential of rainfall-triggered landslides occurring for any given region within the past day. This map of hazard likelihood can help agencies and officials rapidly assess areas where the current landslide risk is high. It can also give disaster response teams critical information on where a landslide may have occurred so they can investigate and deploy life-saving resources.

“The close pairing of our organizations and use of PDC’s DisasterAWARE platform for early warning has been a special recipe for success in getting life-saving information into the hands of decision makers and communities around the world,” said Chris Chiesa, PDC deputy executive director.

Early warning system

Developing countries often bear disproportionate losses due to lack of access to hazard early warning systems and other resources for effective risk reduction and recovery. Reports from the emphasize that early warning systems and early action are among the most effective ways to decrease disaster-related deaths and losses.

“Some local authorities develop their own systems to monitor landslide risk, but there isn’t a global model that works in the same way. That’s what defines LHASA: it works all the time, and it covers most regions of the world,” said Robert Emberson, NASA Disasters associate program manager and a key member of the NASA landslides team.“Thanks to our collaboration with the Pacific Disaster Center, this powerful landslide technology is now even more accessible for the communities that need it most.”

Thanks to our collaboration with the Pacific Disaster Center, this powerful landslide technology is now even more accessible for the communities that need it most.
—Robert Emberson, NASA Disasters associate program manager

The PDC’s flagship DisasterAWARE software provides early warnings and risk assessment tools for 19 types of natural hazards and supports decision-making by a wide range of disaster management agencies, local governments and humanitarian organizations. Prominent users include the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the and the World Food Programme. Individual users of the DisasterAWARE mobile app can also get regional hazard alerts pushed to them.

¶«¾«Ó°Òµ President David Lassner said, “The University of Hawaiʻi Pacific Disaster Center and NASA share the goal of reducing harm from disasters throughout the world through innovative uses of science and technology. We are proud to be a part of this live-saving partnership.”

Regional risk reports

DisasterAWARE also creates comprehensive regional risk reports that estimate the number of people and infrastructure exposed to a disaster—focusing on such things as bridges, roads and hospitals that could complicate relief efforts when damaged. This information is critical for allowing decision makers to effectively deploy resources to the areas that need them most. Chiesa said that teams in El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic have already begun using these new capabilities to assess landslide hazards during the 2023 rainy season.

“The LHASA model is all and leverages publicly available data from NASA and partners,” said Dalia Kirschbaum, lead of the NASA landslides team and director of Earth Sciences at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “This enables other researchers and disaster response communities to adapt the framework to regional or local applications and further awareness at scales relevant to their decision-making needs.”

Kirschbaum and her team were awarded the .

This effort between NASA and PDC builds upon a history of fruitful cooperation between the organizations. In 2022, they deployed a to enhance DisasterAWARE’s flood early warning capabilities. They have also shared data and expertise during multiple disasters, including Hurricane Iota in 2020, the 2021 earthquake in Haiti and the devastating August 2023 , PDC’s base of operations.

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It will take an estimated $5.5 billion to rebuild from the Lahaina fire according to a dated August 11, 2023.

The release was based on August 11 damage assessment maps of Lahaina and Kula by the University of Hawaiʻi’s (PDC) and the . Capital exposure estimates such as the $5.5 billion in Lahaina represent the total replacement value of all structures within the exposed hazard area. This value does not necessarily reflect all costs associated with reconstruction. However, these early estimates are useful for providing a better understanding of damages as most structures within the impact zone were almost completely destroyed.

The map shows the Lahaina fire resulted in an estimated total of 2,719 structures exposed; 2,207 structures damaged or destroyed; and 2,170 acres burned. According to the release, 86% of the buildings burned were residential.

In addition, the Lahaina map estimates 4,500 sheltered with needs for 9,000 meals and 3,560 gallons of water per day.

The Kula fire map shows an estimated $434 million cost to rebuild, with 678 acres burned and 544 structures exposed.

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“First and foremost, our hearts and thoughts are with the victims of this immense tragedy. Our entire Maui ʻohana are grieving these losses. We commend the members of our community, the many volunteer organizations, and our first responders, many of whom have sacrificed everything and lost loved ones while in the line of duty, for their heroic efforts to save lives and relieve suffering,” said PDC Executive Director Ray Shirkhodai.

Shirkhodai explained that the damage and needs estimates released by PDC and its partners at the County of Maui Enterprise GIS Section and Maui Emergency Management Agency are designed to aid rapid response, planning and coordination between partners on the ground.

“As new and refined information become available to enhance understanding of the situation and humanitarian needs, it will be released through the County of Maui following thorough vetting for accuracy,” said Shirkhodai.

NASA’s program area has partnered with the University of Hawaiʻi’s Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and other leading scientific institutions to release a significant breakthrough in flood prediction technology to help save lives and aid early responses to rising flood impacts worldwide.

The “Model of Models” (MoM) tool combines data from open-source hydrological models with Earth-observing satellite data to generate global flood-risk severity updates several times per day. This is the first time that comprehensive global flood early warnings have been available at the sub-watershed level.

“This new technology covers the face of the globe, enabling us to observe flood risk and anticipate the likelihood of floods in ways never before possible,” said Shanna N. McClain, manager for NASA’s Earth Science Applied Sciences Program. “The technology we have developed will be transformative, enabling early action by communities around the globe—especially small island communities and developing states that lack the necessary early warning information to protect themselves and their loved ones during flood events.”

Need for early warning systems

Roughly half of the world’s countries , according to a recent study by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the World Meteorological Organization.

NASA partnered to integrate MoM into the PDC’s global multi-hazard alerting platform . When MoM detects a high likelihood of flooding in a region, DisasterAWARE sends a flood early warning notification to impacted communities, letting them quickly take the steps necessary to save lives and livelihoods. Local authorities may use this information to activate emergency response plans, order evacuations, or deploy response teams and humanitarian relief.

“Until now, comprehensive global flood early warnings have not been possible. Either due to limitations in hydrologic monitoring networks, forecast models, or expertise to operate and widely disseminate their results, especially in small and vulnerable countries. MoM will be a game changer,” said PDC Deputy Executive Director Chris Chiesa.

For the new technology to be put into use, it must reach the hands of local populations and decision-makers who need it most. The International Federation of Red Cross currently integrates all of PDC’s DisasterAWARE early warning and risk information into its Go Platform which provides its 192 national societies and more than 15 million volunteers with critical emergency needs information and the tools they need to provide adequate response.

“Our decades-long track record of innovating technologies for multi-hazard early warning, risk analysis and impact estimation makes PDC an optimal partner for receiving NASA’s new daily global flood model updates,” said PDC Executive Director Ray Shirkhodai.

PDC’s DisasterAWARE platform serves tens of thousands of disaster management and humanitarian assistance professionals worldwide and reaches millions more through PDC’s free public app Disaster Alert.

“The operational launch of this new model by the University of Hawaiʻi’s Pacific Disaster Center and the NASA Disasters flood team is not only an impressive example of what people can do when they come together to solve hard problems, but also timely and paramount to the climate-change crisis issues at hand,” said ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ President David Lassner.

The business community is also able to access this new flood hazard information for supply chain and continuity of operations planning through DisasterAWARE Enterprise.

PDC was recently recognized by the United Nations for its efforts to build resilience through a multi-hazard approach—receiving the 2022 U.N. Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction. The ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ applied science and research center specializes in disaster risk reduction science and technology that supports organizations worldwide in creating a safer world.

A new collaboration on climate change and disaster risk reduction research geared toward small island states has been formalized through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the University of Hawaiʻi and the .

The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis hosted the signing on October 13, which was the United Nations General Assembly’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. The partnership seeks creative solutions to sea-level rise and island sustainability, including disaster resilience, environmental sustainability, tourism, and health and wellness.

“Our shared experiences create an opportunity for the University of The Bahamas and the University of Hawaiʻi to work together to find creative solutions and lead the world in building small island resilience through scientific advancement,” said ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ President David Lassner. “Through our collective advancements in research and the application of science, our two universities aim to inform institutional-level transformation and to help guide evidence-based policy throughout the Caribbean, Pacific and beyond.”

Two important island states

The agreement between the universities will focus on:

• Faculty, scholar and student exchange opportunities.
• Development of joint research programs and conferences.
• Exchange of academic information, materials and publications.

“This collaboration provides a unique opportunity to explore and develop climate change mitigation strategies for two important island states,” said Denise Eby Konan, dean of ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ ²ÑÄå²Ô´Ç²¹â€™s and academic lead for the partnership.

“We envision joint virtual classes, and shared opportunities for field schools and short-term study abroad partnerships. Articulation and transfer pathways from the University of The Bahamas to ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ in key areas of study are also planned in subjects such as economics, social sciences of oceans, and other social sciences programs such as public administration and disaster management.”

Pacific Disaster Center expertise

The MOU signing was the signature event at the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction Symposium held in Nassau, The Bahamas. Following the signing, the (PDC), a ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ applied research center, presented findings from its most recent risk assessment in The Bahamas and highlighted the multi-hazard early warning system known as currently in use at the National Emergency Operations Center.

“The advancement in the partnership between UB and ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ builds on the long history between our two island communities and strengthens PDC‘s commitment to evidence-based decision making. Academic partnerships such as this are necessary as we collectively work to build resilience to climate change,” said PDC’s Executive Director Ray Shirkhodai.

PDC and The Bahamas have been collaborating on disaster risk reduction capacity development for more than two decades—from joint planning and preparedness exercises, disaster responses, and national policies and procedures to the recently completed National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment, which has already garnered international recognition. In May, PDC was named the recipient of the United Nations’ Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction for making critical risk information available for operational use and enabling evidence-based decision making through the DisasterAWARE platform.

—By Lisa Shirota

(PDC), provided technical assistance and expertise during the world’s largest international maritime exercise, known as Rim of the Pacific or , which was held around Hawaiʻi this summer. In partnership with the United States government and militaries from 26 other countries, international nongovernmental organizations and interagency partners, PDC, a University of Hawaiʻi applied science and research center, assisted with the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portion of the exercise.

PDC helped simulate large-scale impacts to fictitious islands in the Pacific Ocean—requiring coordination of foreign military aid and relief from international nongovernmental organizations. Support included scenario development and realistic simulation of a Category 4 hurricane using the center’s platform, which provides real-time situational awareness and a common operating picture with built-in modeling, collaboration tools and real-time analytics to support effective decision making.

“PDC’s response expertise and DisasterAWARE system were an integral part of the exercise—supporting a coordinated approach to preparedness, response and recovery,” said PDC’s Director of Global Operations Erin Hughey.

This year’s RIMPAC exercise involved 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, 170 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel. The humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portion of the exercise included the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Republic of the Korea Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy and the Chilean Navy.

Additionally, the exercise received support from subject matter experts from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Center for Excellence in Disaster Management, and Changi Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Coordination Centre from Singapore.

Tremendous value

“Having PDC’s Disaster Services Analyst Kalei Miller present to support the realism of the exercise by demonstrating PDC‘s capabilities and expertise, in-person and remotely, was a tremendous value add throughout the entire exercise planning cycle in ensuring the success of the exercise,” said Shawn Sippin, humanitarian assistance advisor to the Military Civil-Military Operations Division for USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.

Sippin said PDC‘s contributions afforded the participants an opportunity to get hands-on experience integrating cutting-edge disaster risk-reduction technology into their internal planning processes using the DisasterAware system throughout the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portion of RIMPAC.

“Partnerships between USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and PDC in exercises such as RIMPAC demonstrate potential for the strategic use of PDC‘s resources in both future steady state [disaster risk-reduction] activities and ongoing emergency humanitarian responses for USAID throughout the globe,” Sippin said. “I look forward to future opportunities to collaborate with the PDC team in the future.”

National objectives overlap

RIMPAC exercises occur biennially on even years in Honolulu and have been taking place since 1971. They are designed to sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to the safety of sea lanes and security across the world’s interconnected oceans.

“This is how we find the areas where our national objectives overlap, where we can practice the procedures that will help to enable our interchangeability—the nexus of national will and interoperability,” said Vice Admiral Michael Boyle, RIMPAC 2022 commander.

PDC anticipates continued participation in future RIMPAC exercises and plans to integrate lessons learned from this year’s activity into its long-term training and development program. According to PDC, these developments provide ongoing benefit to more than 70 partner nations, and tens of thousands of disaster management practitioners using its free DisasterAWARE platform globally.