November 5, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Release No. 2023-0035<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) and emergency managers in all counties are taking steps to prepare for rising winds and low humidity that could increase the risk of wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for all islands through 6 p.m. Monday, indicating that low humidity and gusty winds may cause fires that start to spread rapidly and behave in less-predictable ways. A High Wind Advisory also is in effect for the eastern islands, with winds strengthening statewide today and gusts of 50 mph possible through Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith drought conditions in place statewide, we\u2019re one bad spark away from a new wildfire, so we and our partners are on alert,\u201d said HI-EMA Administrator James Barros. \u201cThe first responders and the counties are the front line of defense and we\u2019re here to support them if they need it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All four counties and the State Emergency Operations Center have been partially activated since Sunday morning to monitor conditions and provide mutual support as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Governor Josh Green, M.D., met Sunday morning with representatives of HI-EMA, the county emergency management agencies, the National Weather Service, the Hawai\u2018i National Guard and other key partners. Such a coordination call is standard practice before any serious hazard to discuss resource deployment and any pre-impact needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HI-EMA was already coordinating additional military fire-suppression aircraft that have been helping the City and County of Honolulu with fighting the K\u012bpapa Ballroom Fire in steep, difficult to access terrain above Mililani. Honolulu reported Sunday that fire had been 85% contained and posed no hazard to communities, but that contingency plans are in place if higher winds increase the threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe people of Hawai\u2018i have seen how quickly a wildfire can spread and the devastation it can bring \u2013 Maui is still coping with the consequences,\u201d Barros said. \u201cWe want to assure everyone that we are keeping close watch, but we need your help to reduce risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To reduce the chance of wildfires, the public can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Adam Weintraub November 5, 2023 Release No. 2023-0035 HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) and emergency managers in all counties are taking steps to prepare for rising winds and low […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"11110,11122,8385,10010,9960,11075","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[355,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-355","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8341"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17015,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8341\/revisions\/17015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Communication Director
Hawai\u02bbi Emergency Management Agency
adam.b.weintraub@hawaii.gov
808-620-5417<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"