Hawaii County Fire Chief discusses wildfire prevention education
As chair of Hawaii’s State Fire Council, Kazuo Todd is reviving the Office of the State Fire Marshal, boosted by new support ...
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Hawaiian Electric claims gains in cutting fire risk
“Our No. 1 priority for the past 15 months has been reducing the risk of another catastrophic wildfire in Hawaii,” Jason Benn ...
HECO: Wildfire Risk Already Cut By More Than Half Across Hawaii Grid
Hawaii’s largest utility is spending $120 million this year in its new push to reduce wildfire risk across the state after ...
Years of shortchanging elections led to Honolulu’s long voter lines
In May 2021, City Clerk Glen Takahashi stood before the Honolulu City Council in a hearing to explain why he should keep his ...
Why Risky Wildfire Zones Have Been Increasing Around the World
More than 30 square miles and 130 structures have been put to the torch in southern California as a wildfire fed by Santa Ana ...
How Pacific Resource Partnership is expanding the construction workforce in the Islands
"Right now, there’s this tremendous amount of opportunity within construction for a healthy and viable career." ...
Researchers develop low-cost system to detect wildfires within seconds of ignition
The researchers have developed FireLoc, an affordable, crowdsourced mobile phone network that detects wildfires within ...
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As settlement agreement wraps up, HECO continues working on reducing risk of wildfires
HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii State Senate held a joint information meeting ... to settle damage claims from the ...
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Crowdsourcing system aims to map wildfires in seconds
The 2023 blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, which claimed more than 100 lives and burned 6,500 acres of land across Maui, is a tragic ...
The Lahaina wildfire holds lessons for California and other Western states
The missteps in Maui are learning opportunities for California and other fire-prone Western states that want to ensure this ...
Hawaii Burning Man-style festival to proceed despite cease-and-desist
Despite being hit with violations, fines and cease-and-desist orders, an event called Falls on Fire is set to take place on Hawaii Island from Nov. 8 to 11. Inspired by Burning Man, the festival has ...
West Maui families to weigh in on proposed site for Lahaina elementary school
West Maui families will soon get to weigh in on a proposed site to rebuild King Kamehameha III Elementary School.