The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, who has been under fire for not activating disaster sirens during last week’s wildfire response, resigned Thursday, citing health reasons.
The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, who has been heavily criticized for not activating disaster sirens during last week’s wildfire response, resigned Thursday, citing health reasons.
The system was created after a 1946 tsunami that killed more than 150 on the Big Island, and its website says they may be used to alert for fires. He pointed to an announcement by Bissen on Aug. 8 saying the fire had been contained. That lulled people into a sense of safety and left him distrusting officials, he said.At the Wednesday news conference, Gov. Josh Green and Bissen bristled when asked about such criticism.
Green has said at least 1,000 hotel rooms will be set aside for those who lost their homes. In addition, AirBnB’s nonprofit wing will provide properties for 1,000 people, the company said. Hotels and condos "that we can’t afford to live in — that’s what we’re afraid of," he said Saturday at a shelter for evacuees.
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