He stressed the sirens alone would not have been a sign to evacuate, but to seek more information. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MAALAEA, Hawaii - None of the 80 warning sirens placed around Maui were activated by the island or the state’s emergency management agencies in response toHawaii boasts what it describes as the largest system of outdoor public safety warning sirens in the world, alarms that blare in cases of danger.
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesman Adam Weintraub confirmed on Saturday that the sirens were not activated. Mr Weintraub said other alert systems were activated – including alerts that were sent to mobile phones and through radio and television stations. Mr Weintraub said the agency would be cooperating with the state attorney general’s review of the response to the fires.Maui’s fire chief, Bradford Ventura, said this past week that once the Lahaina fire flared up Tuesday afternoon, fuelled by powerful winds, the agency did not have enough time to alert emergency management officials to send out evacuation orders.
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