HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-07-31 - Emergency Proclamation and Mandatory Evacuation Order Brush fire Puu Kapu Hawaiian Homestead and Waikii RanchMitchell D. Roth
Mayor
Lee E. Lord
Managing Director
Robert H. Command
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EMERGENCY PROC>L,AMATION
AND MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, provides for the
establishment of County organizations for disaster relief with a director in charge of each
political subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii has been appointed as the Director of
Civil Defense of the County. of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 7, Articles 1 and 2 of the Hawaii County Code, establishes a Civil
Defense Agency within the County of Hawaii and prescribes its powers, duties, and
responsibilities, and Section 127A-.14, Hawai'i Revised Statutes and Section 13-23 of the
Hawaii County Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and
WHEREAS, due to a brush fire in area of Pu'u Kapu Hawaiian Homestead and Waikii
Ranch that has caused heavy smoke and low visibility, the Hawaii Fire Department has issued a
mandatory evacuation to all residents of Pu'u Kapu Hawaiian Homestead and Waikii Ranch at
6:00 p.m., Hawai'i standard time on July 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent disaster due to property damage and/or
bodily injury to residents of Hawaii Island, and the need for government agencies and
representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide immediate services to our island
residents, a Civil Defense state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapters 127A, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, as amended, and Chapter 7, Hawaii County Code; and
WHEREAS, the danger of disaster is of such magnitude to warrant protective action in
order to provide for the health, safety, welfare and protection of the people and pursuant to
Section 127A -13(b)(4) Hawai'i Revised Statutes, the Mayor finds it necessary to appropriate
actions to direct and control the mandatory evacuation of the civilian population.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do
hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency exists due to the threat of imminent
disaster on Hawaii Island, effective July 31, 2021, 6:00 p.m. Hawaii standard time and I hereby
issue and ORDER requiring the mandatory evacuation of all civilians from Pu'u Kapu Hawaiian
Homestead and Waikii Ranch.
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
This ORDER is effective at 6:00 p.m., this 31st day of July, 2021. All persons must
evacuate immediately from the effective date and time of this ORDER to evacuate the mandatory
eyacuation area.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
County of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 31 day of July, 2021 in Hilo, Hawaii.
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
County of Hawaii
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