We’ve collated the latest wildfire news in the Hawaii media, as much of it relates to the aftermath of the Maui 2023 wildfire tragedies. We also highlight some of the fantastic work and research coalescing around the wildfire responses in the past five months.
This is a directory of many critical and requested wildfire resources for landowners.
Since the devastating fires last month, we have been working around the clock to provide critical information to those in need including this critical listing of many requested wildfire resources
It’s June already, and it’s getting warm out there! As such, our annual statewide wildfire awareness & preparedness campaign, Wildfire & Drought LOOKOUT is well underway, as well as some **terrific** community evacuation preparation work by Waikōloa and our public responders. Check out some of the news concerning several fire in Hawai‘i, and the latest about Guam’s typhoon. There’s also some interesting news from the mainland about smoke, water quality after fire, and lawsuits shaping how responders fight fires.
This month’s roundup includes a **stellar** joint PFX and Pacific Regional Invasive Species Climate Change webinar Changing Climate and Wildfire in Hawai‘i, some super news about $400,000 in wildfire prevention planning for Hawai‘i communities, new tools and tips for creating consistent messaging about fire, and the latest wildfire news and research.
This month’s roundup includes a **stellar** joint PFX and Pacific Regional Invasive Species Climate Change webinar Changing Climate and Wildfire in Hawai‘i, some super news about $400,000 in wildfire prevention planning for Hawai‘i communities, new tools and tips for creating consistent messaging about fire, and the latest wildfire news and research.
This month, Melissa Chimera interviews Darwin Okinaka, Assistant Chief of Operations Hawai`i Fire Dept. in our Partner Perspective series. And if you missed the PFX Talk Story Tuesday “Informing Contemporary Wildfire Science from Historical Hawaiian Language Newspapers” with Dr. Clay Trauernicht and Dr. Alyssa Anderson’s we have it below. We also have many communities throughout Hawai`i doing *amazing* wildfire prevention and education, and as always, the latest news, meetings and all things wildfire.
This month, we have info on the statewide precipitation situation, the Hawai‘i Island lightning fire, two webinars (Wildfire Myths in Hawaii and the In’s and Out’s of Contract Grazing), preventing wildfire on Guam, important state fire-prevention spending bills to track, and the alleviation of federal funding opportunity constraints for our friends in the western Pacific (all the way at the end).
We have some neat resources here including a Pacific Fire Exchange slide presentation summarizing best practices for assessing environmental conditions in island environments after wildfire; last month’s very **cool** radio spot, a public service announcement about fireworks in Hawai`i, HWMO’s job announcements which are open until February 5, 2023, and so much more news, research and policy around the Pacific and the continent!
We have some amazing partnerships in action including our multi-partner and agency Wildfire Learning Exchange Field Tour on Hawai‘i Island, a **new** Pacific Fire Exchange fact sheet on the climate crisis and possible wildfire risk scenarios in Hawai‘i, an interesting read under the national news section by the Pew Charitable Trust (“Wildfires: Burning Through State Budgets”) and much more!