HI HB361

Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to adopt the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the standard for all incident management and emergency response operations statewide, including designating a NIMS coordinator and conducting annual compliance audits

Mandates completion of after-action reviews within six months of significant emergency incidents or exercises, with findings published on a public portal and protected from use as evidence in civil litigation against the agency

Establishes comprehensive credentialing requirements through position task books for 27 Incident Command System positions and 20 emergency operations center positions, with a centralized public registry of certified personnel

Increases qualifications for the state Administrator of Emergency Management to require 10 years of experience (up from 3), 60 credit hours of relevant training, completion of FEMA's Advanced Professional Series, and 150 hours of emergency management training

Requires counties to develop comprehensive evacuation plans addressing route designation, vulnerable population assistance, shelter coordination, and interagency resource allocation, with annual reviews and public preparedness campaigns