HI-Maui-Lahaina ???

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Per www.mauisirens.com there are 80 sirens on the island, and the map shows four right in Lahaina:

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Regardless of what happened on the fireground / dispatch center / EOC a couple weeks ago, I fervently hope that the catastrophic losses in Lahaina will result in more effective use of similar resources in the future.

Siren quick facts

  • Hawaii has the largest single integrated public safety outdoor siren warning system in the world.

  • The all-hazard siren system can be used for a variety of both natural and human-caused events; including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, terrorist threats, hazardous material incidents, and more.

  • The sirens output is 121 decibels and propagate with a manufacture radius of 3400ft. This range may vary due to environmental and surrounding physical conditions. The sirens are battery-powered and use a photovoltaic charging system.

  • The sirens are one part of the larger Hawaii Statewide Alert and Warning System (SAWS) which includes FEMAā€™s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) which used both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to alert the public.

  • When a siren tone is heard other than a scheduled test, tune into local Radio/TV/Cable stations for emergency information and instructions by official authorities. If you are in a low laying area near the coastline; evacuate to high grounds, inland, or vertically to the 4th floor and higher of a concrete building. Alerts may also come in form of a Wireless Emergency Alert

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#303

Unfortunately there was no power, cable or cell services on the NW side. Those systems were activated, Unfortunately it never got to those in the west side of the island due to the above reasons. The citizens of the area were completely taken by surprise. They are very frustrated that the stateā€™s proclaimed ā€œall emergency sirensā€ were not activated. The above comments are from several people that went through this terrible event.

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#304

Started scrolling, couldnā€™t find, but can someone post the fire(s) perimeter link or maps? Curious what the acreages were prior to the fire front crossing into Lahaina, thank you.

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#305

The little center spur is the initial fire which I measured at 49 acres.

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Senior Leaders Brief (0141 hrs, 8-24-23)

Current Situation: FEMA and federal partners continue to support the state of Hawaii in response and recovery efforts from Hawaii Wildfires. Mission priorities remain focused on Search & Rescue, fire containment, and damage assessments in the impacted area (Maui County). The second Disaster Recovery Center (DRC #2) is scheduled to soft open on today) and fully open on Fri. (8/25). Cellular service continues to improve in West Maui.

                                   Lifelines Impacts

Safety and Security

  • USAR continue to conduct secondary low searches and secondary high searches
  • More than 600 displaced students have re-enrolled in other public schools
  • 159 FLEOs from various agencies supporting Maui PD

Food, Hydration, and Shelter

  • Non-Congregate Shelters Open: 11 (+1); midnight count: 2,729 (+342)
  • Hotel Survivor Population: 2,870
  • TSA: 141 (+9) people housed in 8 hotels

Health and Medical

  • 115 confirmed fatalities; 67 fire-related injuries
  • Kula Hospital water shut off and using back up water supply for 9 days

Water Systems

  • Final generator installed 8/22 at water system booster pump site
  • Awaiting water resampling for contaminants at West Maui sites

Energy

  • 1,869 (-31) customers remain without power in Maui
  • Power restoration: West Maui (areas that can be accessed) ā€“Aug 20-26; central Maui (Alaluana above Olinda) ā€“8/ 27
  • USACE: Temporary Power team and contractor will be conducting a site assessment for installation of generators to power EPA staging area in Central Maui

Communications
(Maui County)

  • Telecommunications provider has begun working to restore services in Kaanapali area, north of Lahaina
  • 4 of 21 cell sites have been restored to permanent fiber service in West Maui

Transportation

  • 3 Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) in effect for Maui County
  • Access limited for Honoapiā€™ilani and Lahaina Bypass Roads: open to the public during the day and evening; limited to residents and first responders overnight
  • FEMA contractors providing universal communication and prior permission required (PPR) services at Kapalua Airport until 8/30

---------Response/Recovery Footprint-----------

State / Local Response

  • HI state EOC at Full Activation / Gov declared a SOE

FEMA / Federal Response

  • FEMA-4724-DR-HI approved Aug 10
  • Region IX RWC continues to monitor
  • IMAT-2 with ESFs 1 through 15 and DCE deployed to HI
  • 1 LNO deployed to HI EOC (Oahu), 1 LNO in Maui
  • 1 FCO in Maui, 1 in Oahu

FEMA HQ

  • Region VII IMAT deployed to HI
  • US&R: Blue IST, 4 NIMS Type 1 task forces, 1 NIMS Type 3 task force, 2 Mission Ready Packages -Canine Search, and 35 single resource Canine Search Teams
  • MERS personnel deployed to HI
  • Staging Management Team (SMT) and Incident Support Base (ISB) team deployed to Maui
  • Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) open
  • NWC continues to monitor in coordination with Region IX; the next update will be in the 5:00 p.m. ET FEMA National Situation Report
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#307

Not sure why someone would take issue with the appointment of an FCO in this situation. The appointment is not a sign of mismanagement or mistrust, but a normal operational move made by FEMA to ensure everything goes like it should under the NDRF. A Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO), is appointed by the secretary of homeland security on behalf of the president and coordinates federal support activities.

For emergencies and major disaster declarations under the Stafford Act, a Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) is appointed. The FCO has primary responsibility for coordinating Federal response and recovery support to the whole community in accordance with the National Response Framework and NDRF.

(National Disaster Recovery Framework Second Edition, June 2016)

The FCO is responsible for the overall management of the Federal response to the incident. They are not the IC, but are responsible to ensure that the Federal response is coordinated with the state(s) and localsā€™ need.

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#309

Lahaina may be out of the ā€œlimelight,ā€ but for the residents it is a bad dream that isnā€™t going away. Thousands still in shelters. Getting the Community Lifelines to all ā€œgreenā€ (stabilized) may take months if not years. Lahaina is a good example of where FEMA may ask for assistance from Type 3 AHIMTs to provide some positions to assist their IMATs (thatā€™s called the Supplemental Response Team program) or SRT.
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Current Situation
FEMA and federal partners continue to support the state of Hawaii in response and recovery efforts from Hawaii Wildfires. Mission priorities remain focused on Search & Rescue, fire containment, and damage assessments in the impacted area (Maui County). Cellular service continues to improve in West Maui.

           Lifelines Impacts (FEMA-DR-4724-HI-SLB#17, as of Aug 26)

Safety and Security

  • 65 (-91) FLEOs from various agencies supporting Maui PD

Food, Hydration, and Shelter

  • Non-Congregate Shelters Open: 17 (+5); midnight count: 4,105 (+1,008)
  • Hotel Survivor Population: 4,304 (+1,009)
  • TSA: 199 (+35) people housed in 10 (+2) hotels

Health and Medical

  • 115 confirmed fatalities; 67 fire-related injuries
  • HHS BH personnel assisting mobile clinic providing behavioral health services with primary care providers at shelters

Energy

  • 1,061 (-323)customers remain without power in Maui
  • USACE is beginning to coordinate de-installation of generators as requested by the state

Transportation

  • 3 (+1)Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) in effect for Maui County
  • Access limited for Honoapiā€™ilani and Lahaina Bypass Roads: open to the public during the day and evening; limited to residents and first responders overnight
  • FEMA contractors providing universal communication and prior permission required (PPR) services at Kapalua Airport until 8/30

Hazardous Waste
EPA providing technical assistance to State DOH and Maui County regarding design of community air monitoring effort

-----------------------Recovery Footprint --------------------

State / Local Response

  • HI state EOC at Full Activation / Gov declared a SOE

FEMA / Federal Response

  • FEMA-4724-DR-HI approved Aug 10
  • Region IX RWC continues to monitor
  • IMAT-2 with ESFs 1 through 15 and DCE deployed to HI
  • 1 LNO deployed to HI EOC (Oahu), 1 LNO in Maui
  • 1 FCO in Maui, 1 in Oahu

FEMA HQ:

  • NRCC supporting sustained operations
  • Region VII & IX-2 IMATs deployed to HI
  • US&R have completed their mission and assets have begun demobilization process as of Aug 25
  • MERS personnel deployed to HI
  • Staging Management Team (SMT) and Incident Support Base (ISB) team deployed to Maui
  • NWC continues to monitor in coordination with Region IX;
  • Next update will be in the 5:00 p.m. ET FEMA National Situation Report
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#310

They used the sirens on a new fire near Lahaina.

https://nitter.net/nexta_tv/status/1695730285164294181

Itā€™s contained now.

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#312

Barring any significant updates, this will be the final report in FEMAā€™s National Watch Center Daily Operations Briefing. Still a very long road ahead.
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Current Situation
FEMA and federal partners continue to support the state of Hawaii in response and recovery efforts from Hawaii Wildfires. Mission priorities remain focused on Search & Rescue, fire containment, and damage assessments in the impacted area (Maui County). Cellular service continues to improve in West Maui.

         Lifelines Impacts *(FEMA-DR-4724-HI-SLB#18, as of Aug 27)*

Safety and Security

  • 65 FLEOs from various agencies supporting Maui PD

Food, Hydration, and Shelter

  • Non-Congregate Shelters Open: 18 (+1); midnight count: 4,117 (+12)
  • Hotel Survivor Population: 4,315 (+11)
  • TSA: 198 (-1) people housed in 11 (+1) hotels

Health and Medical

  • 115 confirmed fatalities; 67 fire-related injuries
  • HHS BH personnel assisting mobile clinic providing behavioral health services with primary care providers at shelters

Energy

  • 1,051 (-10) customers remain without power in Maui
  • USACE is beginning to coordinate de-installation of generators as requested by the state

Transportation

  • 3 Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) in effect for Maui County
  • Access limited for Honoapiā€™ilaniand Lahaina Bypass Roads: open to the public during the day and evening; limited to residents and first responders overnight
  • FEMA contractors providing universal communication and prior permission required (PPR) services at Kapalua Airport until 8/30

Hazardous Waste

  • EPA providing technical assistance to State DOH and Maui County regarding design of community air monitoring effort

----------------------Recovery Footprint--------------

State / Local Response:

  • HI EOC at Full Activation / Gov declared a SOE

FEMA / Federal Response:

  • FEMA-4724-DR-HI approved Aug 10
  • Region IX RWC continues to monitoroIMAT-2 with ESFs 1 through 15 and DCE deployed to HI
  • 1 LNO deployed to HI EOC (Oahu), 1 LNO in Maui
  • 1 FCO in Maui, 1 in Oahu

FEMA HQ

  • NRCC is Activated 24/7 (Tropical Storm Idalia)
  • Region VII & IX-2 IMATs deployed to HI
  • MERS personnel deployed to HI
  • All US&R resources have been demobilized except a small contingent of IST and cache personnel that will demobilize as their cache retrograde work is completed
  • SMT/ISB team deployed to Maui
  • NWC continues to monitor in coordination with Region IX
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HawaiŹ»i Attorney General Lopez selected the Fire Safety Research Institute, part of UL Research Institutes, to assess the performance of state and county agencies in preparing for and responding to the Maui wildfires in August 2023.

FSRI Lahaina Fire Comprehensive Timeline Report 04172024 - DocumentCloud

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HONOLULU ā€” As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday.

Communications problems were also encountered by the Hawaiian Electric Company, with officials unable to confirm that power lines were de-energized until well after flames had caused widespread damage, the report from the Hawaii Attorney General said.

It was the second of two major assessments out this week about the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. A report released Tuesday by the Western Fire Chiefs Association detailed the challenges facing the Maui Fire Department during an unprecedented series of blazes, including one that killed 101 people in the historic town of Lahaina.

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