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Chapter 15:Hazard Analysis—Wildfires <br /> HWMO is facilitating continued dialogue between residents and agencies regarding wildfire <br /> issues, and intends to posts the plan on its website for public use. <br /> The State Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) has the responsibility for the <br /> prevention and suppression of wildfires on State land and to cooperate with local agencies for <br /> the protection of wildlands on non-State land." To carry out this responsibility, DOFAW <br /> has identified areas where it has primary responsibility and would respond automatically, ar- <br /> eas where it could respond mutually with other firefighting agencies upon request, and areas <br /> totally out of its jurisdiction but where DOFAW could nevertheless respond under specific <br /> conditions (e.g., extreme threats to public safety, local resources fully committed, extreme <br /> fire behavior). <br /> Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization, in cooperation with the Big island Wildfire <br /> Coordinating Group, will provide technical support, identify and coordinate funding, and <br /> serve as a centralized resource for wildfire risk reduction efforts. Together, representatives <br /> will prioritize and recommend funding for projects, document the successes and lessons <br /> learned from those projects, and evaluate and update the CWPP as needed. <br /> 15.4.2.6 Community Concerns <br /> In addition to prioritizing resources to protect, community and agency representatives <br /> developed a list of concerns regarding wildfire issues. They are listed below in order of <br /> priority: <br /> 1. Insufficient water infrastructure to adequately and quickly suppress wildfires, <br /> including dip tanks. <br /> 2. Inadequate fire suppression and support resources, such as rapid and on-site mapping <br /> capabilities and GPS technologies,vehicles,water tankers. <br /> 3. Regional and local planning and development standards that do not currently require <br /> community and subdivision designs to consider and/or mitigate fire risk: <br /> a. Landscaping and structural designs, materials, and placement often promote (or <br /> do not mitigate) fire risk; and <br /> b. Roads and highways are not always constructed with wide shoulders, fire lanes, <br /> emergency ingress/egress, or fuel mitigation in mind. <br /> 4. Fuel loading along roadsides, in community open areas, around and between <br /> individual homes and farms: <br /> a. Fuels breaks or areas of fuel reduction are desired around communities where <br /> possible and appropriate; <br /> b. Fuel reduction along roadsides, around houses and business, on large private <br /> property parcels, and in vacant lots is needed; and <br /> c. Need to develop and/or enforce community provisions that require fire fuels <br /> reduction on developed/undeveloped properties and by permanent/absentee <br /> landowners. <br /> 81 Hawaii Revised Statutes,chapter 185(Land Fire Protection Law). <br /> 15-8 Hawaii County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />