Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan: 15. Wildfires

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Chapter 15:Hazard Analysis—Wildfires c. Encourage/educate large landowners to reduce fuels on private property. d. Identify opportunities to assist vulnerable populations (elderly, disabled) in creating defensible space around homes and property. e. Develop and or enforce fuels mitigation requirements within communities (to include developed and vacant lots,permanent resident and absentee landowners). 5. Continue fire prevention education and outreach, including arson prevention education: a. Hold community workshops; b. Implement the fire danger rating system; c. Provide individual home and neighborhood assessments; d. Increase public service announcements during high fire hazard periods; and e. Develop wildland fire materials for youth and implement educational programs in local schools. 6. Increase communication capabilities between state, federal, and county agencies, particularly to maximize initial attack capabilities in wildfire events: a. Integrate current and future communication equipment utilized by federal, state, and county fire suppression personnel to increase effective firefighting response. b. Develop protocols for multi-agency involvement to utilize available specialized wildland fire expertise and equipment/resources. 7. Reduce and/or control invasive species that increase fire risk and, where appropriate, convert to vegetation as described in priority number three. S. Advocate for increased penalties for arson and some level of amnesty for reporting fire. 9. Develop emergency staging areas and safety zones within communities and promote awareness of such areas within the community, including holding mock disaster drills. 10. Create/improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of ingress/egress; identify evacuation routes within subdivisions, especially in neighborhoods where secondary access roads are not available. 15-12 Hawaii County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan