For more than 20 years, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) has supported the most demanding government customers and nonprofits worldwide, sharing in the mission to save lives and reduce disaster risk. As an applied research center managed by the University of Hawaii, we continuously blaze new trails—developing cutting-edge technologies and practices to help our many global partners effectively mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover from disasters.

We work side-by-side with government agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and humanitarian relief organizations to conduct baseline assessments, create mitigation strategies, support training and exercises, and to implement our powerful DisasterAWARE™ technology. DisasterAWARE is PDC’s premiere technology offering global risk intelligence, early warning, and largest collection of global, scientifically-verified data and modeling tools for assessing risk and hazard impacts.

Following the devastating effects of Hurricane Iniki to the Hawaiian Islands in 1992, Pacific Disaster Center was conceived as a center to improve systems of communication and technology for disaster safety at home and beyond. PDC now serves a global audience, helping to increase disaster management capacity and emboldening effective decisions, policies, and actions for a safer world.