HomeMy WebLinkAboutMayor's 02-16-2022 Emergency Proclamation and Evacuation OrderMitchell D. Roth
Mayor
Lee E. Lord
Managing Director
Robert H. Command
Deputy Managing Director
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EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION 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, Chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes and 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 13-23 of the Hawaii County
Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and
WHEREAS, due to a brush fire in the area of Kailua-Kona the Hawaii Police
Department has issued a mandatory evacuation to all residents of the Kona Hillcrest Subdivision
and Pottery Terrace Industrial Area at 12:47 p.m., Hawaii standard time on Februarj 16, 2022,
road closures and additional evacuations may become necessary; 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 Chapter 127A, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, as amended, and Chapter 7, Hawai'i County Code; and
WHEREAS, the danger of disaster is 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), Hawaii 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 February 16, 2022, 12:47 p.m., Hawaii standard time and I
hereby issue an ORDER requiring the mandatory evacuation of all civilians from the Kona
Hillcrest Subdivision and Pottery Terrace Industrial Area.
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
This ORDER is effective at 12:47 p.m., this 161h day of February. All persons must
evacuate immediately from the mandatory evacuation area.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
County of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 161h day of February, 2022, in Hilo, Hawaii.
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
County of Hawaii
I HEREBY CERTIFY that above is a
true and correct copy of the original
now on my office.
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