HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-08-07 Proclamation Terminating the Emergency Proclamation and Emergency Rule No. 1 Relating to Red Flag WarningC. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D.
Mayor
William V. Brilhante, Jr.
Managing Director
Merrick Nishimoto
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawaii - Office of the .Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • Phone (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553
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DATE: August 7, 2025
TO: Jon Henricks, County Clerk;
Office of the County Clerk
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FROM:-oEmarie Carvalho, Executive Secretary to
William V. Brilhante Jr., Managing Director
RE: Proclamation Terminating the Emergency Proclamation and Emergency Rule
No. 1 Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued on July 31, 2025
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Proclamation Terminating the Emergency Proclamation and
Emergency Rule No. 1 Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued
on July 31, 2025
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County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D.
Mayor
William V. Brilhante, Jr.
Managing Director
Merrick Nishimoto
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawaii - Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • Phone (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
Phone (808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440
PROCLAMATION TERMINATING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION AND
EMERGENCY RULE NO.1 RELATING TO RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED ON JULY
31, 2025
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Red Flag Warning at 8:31AM
HST on July 31, 2025, which extended into August 3, 2025, for wind and low relative humidity
affecting the leeward portions of all the Hawaiian Islands and the interior sections of the Big
Island, including South -Big Island, Southeast-Kohala, and the Big Island Interior; and
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2025, pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 127A-
14(b), the Charter of the County of Hawaii § 13-23, Hawai`i County Code § 7-1-6(a), and based
on the available data, 'I found that an emergency or disaster was occurring or that there was an
imminent danger or threat of an emergency or a disaster to the County of Hawaii, as those terms
are defined in HRS § 127A-2, and issued the "Emergency Proclamation and Emergency Rule
No. 1 Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued on July 31, 2025", and
WHEREAS, pursuant to HRS §§ 127A-25 and 127A-29(a), I also promulgated
Emergency Rule No. 1 that prohibited all outdoor burning, all outdoor open flames, and all "hot
work" in the areas covered by the "Emergency Proclamation and Emergency Rule No. 1
Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued on July 31, 2025"; and
WHEREAS, at 4:03PM HST on August 3, 2025, the NWS cancelled its Red Flag
Warnings after it determined that the relative humidities were slowly recovering by the afternoon
and winds had eased enough to fall below Red Flag thresholds; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, C. KIMO ALAMEDA, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do
hereby proclaim and declare, effective August I , 2025, that the "Emergency Proclamation
and Emergency Rule No. 1 Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued on July 31, 2025" is terminated
pursuant to HRS § 127A-14(c), (d), as I find that the dangers, threats, or circumstances giving
rise to that emergency proclamation no longer necessitate a local state of emergency.
Emergency Rule No. 1 is no longer in effect.
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
ANDZZRGALITY:ZA�'
Renee N.C. Schoen
Corporation Counsel
Done at the County of Hawaii,
this 1 rh day of August 2025
C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D.
Mayor
County of Hawaii
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