He Kāhea Hoʻāla ʻo Lāhainā, A Wahi A Nā Mea Kilo, Mau Nō Naʻe Ka Pāhiki Kiʻekiʻe No Ke Ahi Hou
ʻO ka ʻonipaʻa i kākoʻo ʻia e nā kānāwai kūkulu hale ʻoʻoleʻa, hiki i kēia mua mea ke hoʻēmi aku i ka nui o ka pohō ahi.
ʻO ka ʻonipaʻa i kākoʻo ʻia e nā kānāwai kūkulu hale ʻoʻoleʻa, hiki i kēia mua mea ke hoʻēmi aku i ka nui o ka pohō ahi.
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Ma ka mokuʻāina i hele a kamaʻāina i ka pilikia o ke kai eʻe a me ka makani pāhili, ke hōʻike mai nei ka pōpilikia ma Lāhainā i ka pono i nā alahele hou e kiaʻi ʻia ai nā ola, nā home, a me nā kaiāulu.
Ke hoʻokani ʻia nei nā oeoe e nā hui kilo ahi: He ma Ჹɲʻ a hiki i ʻOkakopa, wahi a ka National Interagency Fire Center. Wahi a ka , he 96% “pāhiki ahi ʻāhiu” o ko Ჹɲʻ mau kalana ma mua o ko nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe ma ke koena o ke aupuni ʻAmelika.
Wahi a nā loea hōʻalo ahi me ka ʻike mai ʻAmelika mai a me nā pilina me Ჹɲʻ, ua hoʻololi ʻokoʻa ʻia nō ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ke ahi ʻāhiu mai kēia wā aku, ma ka mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni, ma muli o ke ahi ma Lāhainā.
“Ua hoka ʻo Ჹɲʻ i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻole ʻana o kākou he lāhui i ka nui ʻiʻo o ka pilikia,” wahi a Gary Honold, ke alakaʻi māhele ʻāina o ka , a he malihini nāna e kipa pinepine mai i kēia pae ʻāina nei no ka nānā ʻana i nā kānāwai palekana ahi ma Ჹɲʻ. “He minamina nō, na ka poʻe Ჹɲʻ i uku i ke kumukūʻai no mākou e hoʻomaopopo a ʻike leʻa aku ai i ia mea ma ke ʻano he kāhea hoʻāla.”
Nui nā kumu no ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka pilikia ma Ჹɲʻ: ʻo ka hoʻomehana ʻia ʻana o ka honua e ka hoʻohuli aniau, ka hōʻea pinepine ʻana o ka wā maloʻo, ka pā kuluma o nā makani ʻino, ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o nā mauʻu haole, ke emi ʻana o ka nui limahana mahikō nāna e mālama i nā ahi, ka hoʻomaloʻo ʻana i ka lako wai a me nā hana hemahema ma ke kahu ʻana i ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōʻili mai kēia mau pilikia i ka mua o ka noʻonoʻo ma kēia mau pule ʻelua i hala aku nei ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ke kumu kikoʻī no ka pohō o ke ola o nā kānaka a me ka pono ma Lāhainā.
ʻŌlelo naʻe nā loea ahi, he mau hana kā ka poʻe e hana aku ai no ka hōʻalo ʻana i kekahi o ka pilikia a me ke kāohi ʻana i ke ahi. Kuhi lākou i nā mea koʻikoʻi e hoʻokō ʻia ai ka hoʻā a me ka hoʻā ʻole ʻia ʻana o nā hale, e laʻa ka makelia o ke kaupoku, ka hoʻonaninani ʻāina ʻana, ke kāpae ʻana i ka ʻōpala pā hale e ʻume ai nā nanahu ahi a me ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka nui o nā kūkulu e kū kokoke ana kekahi i kekahi.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao kau kānāwai, wahi a lākou, he pono ko nā kamaʻāina o Ჹɲʻ e hui pū a alu like me nā hoa noho no ka no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻopalekana ʻana.
ʻO ka mālama ponoʻī ʻana kahi maikaʻi e hoʻomaka aku ai, wahi a lakou, a hiki ke hoʻomaka me ma ka hale.
“He aha lā nā mea kūpale i pono ai ka hōʻalo ʻana i kēia mau ʻā mua ʻana?” wahi a Ian Giammanco, ka luna hoʻohana o nā kūlana paʻa a me ke kālai ʻikepili a me ka luna noiʻi anilā ma ka Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety.
ʻO Giammanco, he wahine kāna i hānai ʻia ma Oʻahu nei, a noʻonoʻo ʻo ia, loaʻa iā ia ka haʻina. Ua hoʻopau aku nei ʻo ia i ma Lāhainā, me ka nānā pono ʻana i nā kiʻi, nā palapala ʻāina a me kiʻi ʻāina no ka hōʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻana i palekana ai nā kūkulu a me nā kānaka ma laila.
I loko nō o ka luku ʻokoʻa ʻia ʻana, hoʻokahi kauhale nō i pohō loa ʻole i ke ahi, ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi wahi i kūkulu ʻia ma waena o ka makahiki 2019 a me 2020, a he mau hale ko laila no nā ʻohana he nui a he liʻiliʻi.
He mau hiʻona ko ke kauhale i loaʻa ʻole i nā hale kahiko, e laʻa nā kaupoku i kūkulu ʻia me nā pili kimeki a me nā makelia i hiki ʻole ke hoʻā ʻia ma nā paia. A he kauahale hou nō hoʻi ia, a ʻuʻuku ka lāʻau ma kēlā ʻāina, a wahi a Giammanco, ma muli o kēia, “ʻaʻohe wahie hoʻopili” no ke ahi e ʻai iho ai.
ʻO nā mea pōʻino ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia nō nā pā lāʻau, a wahi a Giammarco, lilo kēia mea i “ʻuwiki e lawe ʻia mai ai ke ahi i ka hale,” a me nā pili lāʻau.
Ka Palena He ʻElima Kapuaʻi
ʻO ka National Fire Protection Association, ka mea hoʻi nāna e noiʻi ana i ka nui ʻana o nā ahi ʻāhiu no nā makahiki he 20 a ʻoi, e hoʻokaʻawale i māhele ʻā ʻole ma ko lākou ʻāina ma o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā lāʻau i ʻelima kapuaʻi a ʻoi aku mai waho aku o ka hale. Aʻoaʻo hoʻi lākou e kāpae aku i ka ʻōpala ma nā aʻa a me nā pulumi no ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka pāhiki ahi.
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana o nā kānaka i hiki ke alu like a noke i ka hōʻoi ʻana i nā hana palekana ahi ma ko lākou mau alahele a me nā kauhale, ʻo ia nō ka mea koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻimi ʻana i nā haʻina no ke kaiāulu, wahi a Megan Fitzgerald-McGowan, he luna polokalamu no he hui i kunikia ʻia a kākoʻo ʻia e ke kālā he lehuhelu a lehulehu ʻole.
ʻO ia wahine nō ka piko o nā hui he kākini ma Ჹɲʻ nāna e kū me he hui hōʻalo ahi lā me ka hoʻolaha ʻana aʻe i nā ʻike kekahi i kekahi i pili i nā pilikia ahi a e paipai i nā kumu waiwai no ka hōʻalo ahi ʻana.
“Pono i nā kamaʻāina a me nā kaiāulu ke hana me ka ʻeleu ma mua o ke ahi no ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka pāhiki e ʻā aku ai ia ahi,” wahi āna.
Noʻonoʻo ʻo ia, pono kēlā ʻano hui he nui, no ka mea, hiki ke poina ʻia ka pilikia e kali kokoke ana e ke kanaka i hele a ʻoluʻolu, i loko nō o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i mua pono o ke alo, e laʻa nā ahi ma Lāhainā.
“Noʻu, ʻaʻole kēia he mea i hana he hoʻokahi manawa wale nō ma ke ʻano he pilikia ahi ʻāhiu,” wahi a Fitzgerald-McGowan, ka mea nāna e nānā i ka pae ʻāina no ka nūhou i pili i nā makani ʻino, nā ʻōlelo kilo pōʻino, a me ka wā maloʻo.
Hana ʻo ia penei no kāna hana, a hana hoʻi ʻo ia penei ma muli o kona hopohopo i kona ʻohana. Noho kona mau mākua ma Waiʻanae, a kelepona pinepine aku lāua iā ia no ka hahaʻi ʻana iā ia nei e pili ana i ka ʻā ʻana o ke ahi i uka o ko lāua hale. Hoʻouna ʻia mai nā kiʻi e lāua ma ka wā e lapa nui ana ke ahi.
“Ke hahaʻi mai lāua iaʻu, penei kaʻu nīnau, “Pehea ka mamao?’,” wahi āna, a laila, “e hoʻomākaukau pono i kāu mau mea, e akahele, e ʻimi i nā ʻōlelo hōʻike pōʻino ma ke kelepona, a e nānā pono,” wahi āna e hahaʻi aku ai iā lāua ala.
Komo ʻo ia i ka pūnaewele no ke aʻo ʻana mai i ka nui o ka pilikia, a ʻo kona hahaʻi akula nō ia iā lāua ala i ka ʻikepili āna i ʻohiʻohi mai ai no ka hehi kūpono ʻana i mua. Hopohopo naʻe ʻo ia, ʻaʻole lāua e hoʻomaopopo ʻiʻo ana i ka nui o ka pilikia.
“Mau nō koʻu hopohopo i kēia mea,” wahi āna.
Inā he hopena maikaʻi ko kēia kūlana kaumaha loa, ʻo ia paha ka ʻike leʻa ʻana o nā kānaka i ka pilikia o ke ahi ʻāhiu a e hana mikimiki aku ana lākou i ka hana e hōʻalo ʻia ai ia ahi.
Hiki i kekahi pōpilikia ke hōʻeuʻeu i ka hoʻomaopopo pono a e kiaʻi i nā kānaka ma kahi ʻē. ʻO kekahi laʻana, ʻo ia nō ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i hana ʻia e ma New York City, kahi i lele aʻe ai nā limahana he mau kākini a make loa ma ka makahiki 1911 ma o ko lākou ʻauheʻe ʻana i kekahi ahi nui e lapa ana ma kekahi hale hana kiʻekiʻe loa, a ʻo ia nō ka i hōʻeuʻeu i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kānāwai palekana ola, e laʻa nā wiliwiliwai ahi, nā ʻīpuka ʻauheʻe a me ka palena nui kānaka ma ka noho pū ʻana o nā kānaka i loko o ke kūkulu hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻia ʻana o nā kānāwai palekana ahi, na ia mea nō i hoʻopakele aku i nā ola he nui ma kēlā kenekulia aku nei, wahi a Valerie Marlowe, ka hope alakaʻi o ka waihona palapala kahiko ma ka Disaster Research Center o ka University of Delaware.
“Lana ka manaʻo, ʻo ke ʻano a ka Triangle Fire i hoʻololi aku ai i nā mea ma ʻAmelika, pēlā ana nō paha kēia ahi e hana aku ai,” wahi a Marlowe, ka mea hoʻi nānā e hoʻohaliʻaliʻa i ka nani o Maui ma kona wā i kipa aku ai i laila i kekahi mau makahiki aku nei. “He hopena nui ko kēia ʻano hanana, a hiki hoʻi i ia ʻano hanana ke hoʻololi aku i nā mea me ka maikaʻi a hōʻoi aku i ka palekana ma Ჹɲʻ.”
ʻO kā Civil Beat kūkala nūhou ʻana i pili i ka hoʻohuli aniau, uku ʻia e ke Environmental Funders Group o ka Ჹɲʻ Community Foundation, Marisla Fund o ka Ჹɲʻ Community Foundation, a me ka Frost Family Foundation.
Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.
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A Kailua girl, Kirstin Downey was a reporter for Civil Beat. A long-time reporter for The Washington Post, she is the author of “The Woman Behind the New Deal,” “Isabella the Warrior Queen” and an upcoming biography of King Kaumualii of Kauai. You can reach her by email at kdowney@civilbeat.org.