Fire season in Hawaii will look different in 2024: Hawaii News Now Sunrise
May 8, 2024
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4:16Now PlayingFire season in Hawaii will look different in 2024: Hawaii News Now Sunrise
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as posted by the channelWe’re in the midst of fire season, the risk is higher than usual this year, as Reporter Marcel Honoré told Hawaii News Now Sunrise. The Aug. 8 tragedy in Lahaina offered lessons for emergency officials in Hawaii, where an estimated 60% of Hawaii communities have one way in and out.
Emergency responders across our islands are stepping up to respond more quickly as the islands’ two largest power suppliers put in place protocols to shut down parts of the grid when there’s a particularly high risk of sparking a fire in the area.
We’ve still got a ways to go, but these are good signs, said Elizabeth Pickett, who heads a local wildfire management nonprofit. “I don’t think in my entire career I thought that we would have this elevated commitment across the board” to curb local wildfire risks.
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