{"id":83133,"date":"2018-08-09T09:53:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T19:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=83133"},"modified":"2020-01-09T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T02:15:37","slug":"disaster-management-leaders-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/09\/disaster-management-leaders-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster management leaders recognized"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Pacific Risk Management ʻOhana<\/span> Chair Karl Kim presents Charles Fletcher with the PRiMO<\/abbr> Leadership Award at the group\u2019s 2018 conference in August.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pacific Risk Management ʻOhana<\/span><\/a> (PRiMO<\/abbr>), a group of more than 100 organizations protecting Pacific Island communities from natural hazards, has selected four recipients for their outstanding efforts in disaster resilience. The awards were presented at the 2018 PRiMO<\/abbr> Conference, Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction, held at the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Convention Center in August.<\/p>\n

“We applaud our 2018 award recipients who are have made impactful contributions and helped ensure that we are better prepared in facing natural and man-made challenges in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and throughout the Pacific,” said PRiMO<\/abbr> Chair Karl Kim<\/strong><\/a>, who is executive director of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s Natural Disaster Preparedness Training Center<\/a> (NDPTC<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

The 2018 recipients<\/p>\n