(17 Aug 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wailuku, Hawaii - 16 August 2023
1. Officials arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Herman Andaya, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator:
The state-owned siren system is a tool that we can use and we've used in the past. However, in a wildland fire incident, the system has not been used either in Maui or in other jurisdictions around the state. In this case, our internal protocols to use WEA, which is the Wireless Emergency Alert system and the EAS, Emergency Alert System."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Herman Andaya, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator:
"Counties in the state of Hawaii will tell you that sirens have not been used for brushfires. It is our practice to use the most effective means of conveying an emergency message to the public. During a wildland fire."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Herman Andaya, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator:
"Reporter: Do you regret not sounding the sirens?
Andaya: I do not."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Herman Andaya, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator:
"The sirens, as I mentioned earlier, is used primarily for tsunamis. And that's the reason why many of them are found, almost all of them are found on the coastline. The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the siren is sounded, in fact on the website of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency the following guideline is provided. If you are in a low lying area near the coastline, evacuate to high grounds and then vertically to the fourth floor and higher of a concrete building. Alerts may also come in the form of a wireless emergency alert. Have you sounded the siren that night were afraid that people would have gone mauka (up). And if that was the case, then they would have gone into the fire. And so that is the reason why our protocol has been to use WEA and EAS, by the way, I should also note that there are no sirens, mauka or on the mountainside where the fire was spreading down. So even if you sounded the siren you would not have saved those people under the mountainside, mauka."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Green, Hawaii Governor:
"110 individuals have been confirmed deceased. We'll get some details about this from our our distinguished leaders in police and fire. But 38% of the territory has been covered."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Green, Hawaii Governor:
"My intention from start to finish is to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab, that we do not suffer predation against those who are suffering. So I have instructed the Attorney General to work toward a moratorium on any transactions. There are some legal challenges there. We're going to push right through those and make sure that people don't lose their land."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Green, Hawaii Governor:
"What it means is people are right now traumatized. Please don't approach them with an offer to buy land. Please don't approach their families to tell them that they're going to be better off if they make a deal because we're not going to allow it. And then between myself and I'm sure the mayor, we're not going to allow people to get permits."
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Josh Green, Hawaii Governor:
"Couple of other points. The president's coming. The president is coming on Monday. He's been very gracious."
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Bissen, Maui County Mayor:
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