Maui Fire Chief Reflects on Lahaina Wildfire Response and Community Resilience
TL;DR
Maui Fire Chief Brad Ventura discusses the response to the deadly wildfire in Lahaina, providing details on significant times of actions, the speed of the fire's spread, communication between field and fire crews, the extent of destruction known to the emergency team, concerns about water supply, potential accelerants, and ways the community can help affected members of the Maui MFD team.
- Interview: Maui Fire Chief Brad Ventura discusses Lahaina wildfire response Maui Now
- Lahaina Fire Prompts a Shift in Maui's Long-Running Water Fights The New York Times
- Before flames devastated Lahaina, state ‘reminded’ Maui sirens could be sounded for fire evacuati... Hawaii News Now
- Letters: Readers react to the inferno that destroyed Lahaina Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Letters: Devastation of Maui wildfires can't extinguish aloha spirit San Francisco Chronicle
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