📅 Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Lunch served at 11:30 AM – please arrive early!)
📍 Location: Grand Naniloa Hotel, Hilo (meeting space TBD)
🎤 Guest Speaker: Barry Periatt, Civil Defense Administrative Officer, Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Agency (HCDA)
Join us for an important and engaging presentation from Barry Periatt of the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Agency. The HCDA plays a critical role in protecting our island community from natural and man-made hazards. Their mission focuses on prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery—all to strengthen and promote community resiliency through collaboration, engagement, and empowerment.
Barry will discuss how the Civil Defense Agency coordinates emergency preparedness and response efforts across the County of Hawaiʻi—and how you can be part of keeping our island safe.
Don't miss this lively and potentially lifesaving speaker session!
Prospective rotarians, guests, and visitors are welcome. 🌐🤝