The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutFD.1 Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO)To:Mr.Kazuo Todd,Fire Chief 4 June 2023 Hawaiʻi County Fire Department,County of Hawaiʻi 25 Aupuni Street,Hilo,HI 96720 RE:Professional services available to the County of Hawaiʻi during FY2022-23 To whom it may concern, Our organization is interested in being considered a provider of professional services for the County of Hawaiʻi during the scal year 2023-2024.This letter serves as our formal statement of qualication and expression of interest in the following category of professional service: FD.1)Community planning (Grant Writer/Manager) Hawaii Wildre Management Organization (HWMO)is a 501(c)3 nonprot organization focused on wildre readiness and resilience for the people and places of Hawaii.We serve as the state’s one-and-only hub of wildre prevention,mitigation,and planning activities through proactive, collaborative,and forward-thinking projects.We work collaboratively with those living and working in re-prone areas to reduce res and maximize protection.The services we provide are based on the needs and priorities of our partners across the region who are dealing with wildre as emergency responders,natural resource managers,and community members.Most of our services are those that otherwise might be limited,due to jurisdictional boundaries,or unmet,due to agency capacity limits. HWMO has won two national awards for both wildre mitigation innovation and for leadership in wildre prevention and preparedness services in Hawaii. The attached letter contains the required information as stated in the Notice to Providers (HRS 103D-304). Mahalo for your time and consideration. With gratitude, Nani Barretto Elizabeth Pickett Co-Executive Director Co-Executive Director nani@hawaiiwildre.org elizabeth@hawaiiwildre.org (808)209-6204 (808)443-8303 65-1279 Kawaihae Road,Suite 211 Kamuela,HI 96743 808-885-0900 admin@hawaiiwildfire.org 1 Required information as stated in the Notice to Providers (HRS 103D-304) Name of the organization Hawaii Wildre Management Organization Contact information Andrea (Nani)Barretto and Elizabeth Pickett Co-Executive Directors directors@hawaiiwildre.org (808)209-6204 Principal place of business Statewide Location of our oce 65-1279 Kawaihae Rd,Suite 211 Kamuela,HI 96743 Age of organization 21 years (founded in 2000,incorporated in 2002) Avg #employees over past 5 yrs 8 (4 full-time,3 part-time and 1 casual) Education,training,and qualications of the organization 1.Lead author and developer of all existing Community Wildre Protection Plans (CWPPs)in the state 2.Lead facilitator and author of various wildre hazard assessments at various levels across the state (single property,community,and multi-community/regional) 3.Two combined Master's degrees (Environmental Science degree from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies,Health Science degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) 4.20+years of combined experience in nonprot leadership (e.g.,grant writing and management,strategic planning,needs assessments,board/stadevelopment) 5.20+years of combined experience in project planning and management (e.g., social/behavioral/environmental program design,implementation/coordination,monitoring and evaluation) 6.25+years of combined experience in community and stakeholder engagement (cross-boundary collaborative coalition/partner-building,facilitation,trust-building and relationship management)(e.g.,coordinating/facilitating meetings/workshops to specically identify wildre-related concerns,develop next step ideas to address wildre,and carry out hazard reduction activities;bringing together state,federal,and local stakeholders and partners to assess hazards and prioritize mitigative actions) 7.Trained expertise in Wildre Mitigation Best Practices (Coalitions &Collaboratives,Inc trained) 8.Trained expertise in assessing structure ignition potential from wildre (NFPA trained) 9.Trained expertise in geographic information systems (GIS)mapping,analysis and communications 65-1279 Kawaihae Road,Suite 211 Kamuela,HI 96743 808-885-0900 admin@hawaiiwildfire.org 2 List of recent projects 1.Ongoing coordination of the statewide Firewise program (assisting 15 Firewise USA sites across the state as they work with neighbors and partners to reduce community wildre risks, connecting Firewise sites to one another,and providing resources and communications to support their eorts) 2.Ongoing coordination of the Pacic Fire Exchange project,which is a joint eort with University of Hawaii to facilitate re knowledge exchange and enable collaborative relationships among related stakeholders in the Pacic 3.Lead coordinator of the statewide wildre awareness and preparedness campaign,Wildre & Drought LOOKOUT!,with information going out through radio public service announcements,press releases,various social media platforms,and elected ocials’and other partner communications 4.Development of Community Wildre Protection Plans for Leeward Haleakala on Maui and for North Shore on Oahu (a CWPP is a document that is developed by community residents, county/state agency partners and other interested parties,and identies and discusses their local wildre hazards,collaboratively establishes hazard reduction priorities,and inuences wildland-urban interface wildre mitigation planning and funding) 5.Ongoing facilitation of regionally-specic,localized wildre coordinating groups that meet on a regular basis to connect,share information,and partner on activities and projects in an eort to increase wildre protection at a regional level 6.Ongoing management of a database that collects and stores contact information of wildre interested/impacted organizations and individuals,for purposes of connecting and sharing wildre information and resources across locations,professions,and interests Names of up to 5 clients who may be contacted,all for whom services were rendered during the preceding year 1.Darwin Okinaka Assistant Fire Chief Operations Division Hawaiʻi Fire Department E:Darwin.Okinaka@hawaiicounty.gov Ph:(808)557-4209 2.Mike Walker State Fire Protection Forester Division of Forestry &Wildlife E:michael.j.walker@hawaii.gov Ph:(808)348-5834 65-1279 Kawaihae Road,Suite 211 Kamuela,HI 96743 808-885-0900 admin@hawaiiwildfire.org 3 3.Clay Trauernicht Extension Specialist in Ecosystems and Fire Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management University of Hawaii,Manoa E:trauerni@hawaii.edu Ph:(808)956-6875 Promotional or descriptive literature to support our work includes but are not limited to the following: 1.HWMO website:https://www.hawaiiwildre.org/ 2.Pacic Fire Exchange (PFX)project website:https://www.pacicreexchange.org/ 3.Sample_Community Wildre Protection Plan: https://drive.google.com/le/d/1XyQqw02dyx0B7cEJYZJRGWiECCX3pjem/view?usp=sha ring 4.Sample_Site-specic Firewise Informational Sheet: https://drive.google.com/le/d/1KyjIMGDDZj3ghPvmasylpnroVKaX5WiP/view?usp=shari ng 5.Sample product_Pacic Fire Exchange Factsheet (“Changing Climate &Wildre”): https://drive.google.com/le/d/1PHO2XO4Cht_qYiAXF-woI4D_49tFeEWS/view?usp=sha ring 6.Sample yer_Community Meeting: https://drive.google.com/le/d/1RxNK4ODwX5A3RYdr0nl2iM0G8Vnwitoy/view?usp=sha ring 7.Sample grant proposal_Submitted to US Forest Service: https://drive.google.com/le/d/1K94NbTglG3ldSgSNVw8Mkg6a1JkSfgTf/view?usp=sharin g 65-1279 Kawaihae Road,Suite 211 Kamuela,HI 96743 808-885-0900 admin@hawaiiwildfire.org 4