Hawaii civil defense employee mistook drill for actual missile attack

The employee has since been fired, and the top two civilian officials at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HEMA), administrator Vern Miyagi and executive officer Toby Clairmont, resigned in a shakeup stemming from the scare, it was announced at a news conference in Honolulu. There were also proceedings to suspend without pay a mid-level agency manager who played a major role in devising the procedures and checklists for HEMA's missile alerts and drills, said Bruce Oliveira, a retired National Guard general who led a review of the Jan. 13 mishap.

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