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COUNTY OF KAUA`I
KAUA'I EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
News Release
For Immediate Release: July 13, 2018
ELTON USHIO, ADMINISTRATOR
Tel (808) 241-1800
Fax (808) 241-1860
CASPER survey to assess emergency preparedness on Kauai
LIHUE — The Kauai Emergency Management Agency (KEMA) is assisting the
Department of Health's (DOH) Kauai District Health Office to conduct a Community Assessment
for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the emergency
preparedness level of local residents.
Survey members will go door-to-door from July 20 through July 22, to 30 census tracts
that are weighted towards more populated areas within the county. Seven houses within each
tract will be systematically selected and surveyed.
Survey teams are comprised of DOH staff with support from KEMA, Kauai Medical
Reserve Corps, American Red Cross, and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
volunteers.
Selected households will be asked about emergency preparedness, communication
preferences, health status and evacuation plans following a disaster. Team members will have
on vests identifying themselves as part of the DOH survey team and will carry identification
cards. All survey responses will be confidential, and survey teams will not be collecting names or
addresses.
Survey results will build upon last year's efforts to establish a baseline for the percentage
of Kauai households that have the supplies necessary to support their families after an
emergency. This data will help to inform county and state emergency plans, as well as enable
DOH to best meet the community's health needs following a disaster.
The CASPER survey methodology was developed by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention as a way to rapidly assess the health and other resource needs of a community
after a disaster. Alternatively, the methodology can also be used in a non -disaster scenario to
assess the current preparedness levels of a community.
Kauai residents who have questions about the CASPER survey or the survey teams
conducting the assessments can call Lauren Guest, DOH public health preparedness planner, at
241-3496.