Why Hawaii's sirens could — and couldn't — have made a ... | NPR
WEBAug 14, 2023 · Hawaii's siren system is considered the largest in the world. But they weren't activated ahead of the Maui fires. Experts say the alert could have helped residents have more time to prepare.
Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent …
WEBAug 12, 2023 · On Maui, the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, there are 80 outdoor sirens to alert residents to tsunamis and other natural disasters. They sat silent as people fled for their...
Maui’s warning sirens stayed silent as wildfires approached ... | CNN
WEBAug 17, 2023 · CNN — Authorities face mounting questions about whether more could have been done to warn residents as wildfires devastated western Maui earlier this month, after Hawaii’s siren warning system...
Maui’s emergency management director repeatedly downplayed sirens …
WEBAug 17, 2023 · In meetings in 2019, 2020 and 2021, Herman Andaya, the administrator of the Maui County Emergency Management Agency, repeatedly called sounding the civil service sirens “a last resort,” according...
Warning Sirens Never Sounded on Maui, State Official Says
WEBAug. 12, 2023. None of the 80 warning sirens placed around Maui were activated by the island or the state’s emergency management agencies in response to the devastating Lahaina fire, a spokesman...
Emergency sirens weren't activated ahead of deadly Maui ... | NBC News
WEBAug 12, 2023 · Maui’s warning sirens were not activated as deadly wildfires approached the town of Lahaina, emergency officials said. Three other alert systems were implemented, according to Hawaii Emergency...
Hawaii's emergency warning sirens weren't activated to alert ... | NBC News
WEBAug 11, 2023 · As Tuesday's high winds stoked brush fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui into fast-moving wildfires that set off a frantic race to safety, no outdoor warning sirens were triggered by local or...
Maui emergency official resigns after harsh criticism over not using sirens
WEBAug 17, 2023 · LAHAINA, Hawaii − Maui's top emergency management official has resigned a day after he defended his decision not to sound warning sirens as the wildfires tore through the island, killing more...
Maui wildfires death toll rises to 55 ... | Associated Press News
WEBAug 12, 2023 · New fire prompts evacuation as survivors of Maui’s wildfires return after death toll rises to 67. Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from the Maui wildfires that have killed dozen. (August 11)
Maui emergency services head, who met criticism for not using sirens …
WEBAug 18, 2023 · LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Outdoor alert sirens on Maui stayed silent as a ferocious fire devastated the seaside community of Lahaina last week. The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency said...
- Some results have been removed