Please share these steps far and wide! We want everyone in our island community to prepare their homes ahead of wildfires.
Tips for Firewise Landscaping
Please share these steps far and wide! We want everyone in our island community to prepare their homes ahead of wildfires.
CWPP State Coverage Map
CWPP Overview Sheet
HWMO has helped develop Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for most of the priority fire-prone regions of Hawaii. The plans assesses values at risk such as safety, natural resource protection, recreation, scenic values, and economic assets. Through a collaborative process involving input from community members, resource management and firefighting agencies, and a variety of other interested parties, CWPPs help bring wildfire hazard information and planning and action opportunities to all parties.
CWPP Small Group Facilitation Guide
Leeward Haleakala CWPP - 2020
HWMO spearheaded the effort to write and implement this 2020 Leward Haleakala, Maui Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).
CWPPs are a great planning tool for communities and have become a prerequisite for receiving federal funding for wildfire protection projects. A CWPP assists a community in identifying and prioritizing areas for hazardous fuel reduction treatments and supports communities to take action. The plan assesses values at risk such as safety, natural resource protection, recreation, scenic values, and economic assets. Through a collaborative process involving input from community members, resource management and firefighting agencies, and a variety of other interested parties, CWPPs help bring wildfire hazard information and planning and action opportunities to all parties. These plans are increasingly important in Hawaii, which faces unique wildfire threats that are becoming more challenging due to increasing ignitions, drought episodes, and land use changes.
Wildfires have great impacts on Maui residents and natural resources, affecting:
• Daily life (road closures, traffic, evacuations, post-fire flooding, taxpayer dollars)
• Human health and safety (dust, smoke, water quality, burned homes and structures, resident and firefighter safety)
• Ecosystem health and resilience (watersheds, forests, coral reefs, fisheries)
Official Plan:
2-Page Summary:
Hawaii State Wildfire History Interactive Map - Geoportal
The Hawaii State Wildfire History HWMO spearheaded comes to life in this interactive map, made possible by our friends at UH Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). Click around the map to locate wildfires that have occurred from 2002-2011 across the entire state and track down their sizes (acreage burned).