{"id":2004637,"date":"2023-08-18T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-chief-resigns-one-day-after-explaining-why-he-didnt-activate-sirens-during-devastating-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T09:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T13:06:27","slug":"maui-emergency-chief-resigns-one-day-after-explaining-why-he-didnt-activate-sirens-during-devastating-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-chief-resigns-one-day-after-explaining-why-he-didnt-activate-sirens-during-devastating-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui Emergency Chief resigns after not activating sirens during fire."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaui-emergency-chief-resigns-one-day-after-explaining-why-he-didnt-activate-sirens-during-devastating-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Maui Emergency Management \u200dAgency Chief Resigns\u2062 After Controversial Decision<\/h2>\n<p>Maui \u200dEmergency Management Agency Chief Herman Andaya has resigned from his position, citing &#8220;health reasons.&#8221; This comes just \u2064a day after he \u2064explained his decision \u2062to\u200b forego using\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfire-death-toll-hits-80-as-questions-raised-over-warnings\/\" title=\"Maui wildfire claims 80 lives, concerns arise about warnings.\">emergency sirens<\/a> \u2062to alert residents \u200dabout the deadly fire that\u200d ravaged the island last\u2063 week.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference, Andaya \u200cdefended his\u200d choice to rely on text messages, radio, and TV alerts instead of the emergency sirens. He explained\u2064 that the sirens are\u200c typically used for tsunami warnings, which would have directed people towards the fire in this case.<\/p>\n<p>Maui\u200d County Mayor \u200dRichard Bissen has accepted Andaya&#8217;s resignation, effective immediately. In response to the crisis, Bissen expressed his\u2063 commitment to quickly appointing a replacement\u200d for the key position.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reporter grills Maui Emergency\u2062 Operations Chief\u200c Herman Andaya over not sounding the \u200calarm on Maui.<\/p>\n<p>Andaya: &#8220;The public is trained to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-chief-explains-why-no-sirens-alerted-residents-to-fast-approaching-fire\/\" title=\"Maui's Emergency Chief clarifies absence of sirens during rapid fire threat.\">seek higher ground<\/a> in the event that the sirens sounded. If that \u2062was the case, then they would&#8217;ve gone into the fire.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pkOVEfUVwB\">pic.twitter.com\/pkOVEfUVwB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen\u2063 Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1692173183271752130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200d17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Andaya also faced criticism for being absent from Maui when the\u2064 fires broke out. He admitted during\u200d a press conference that he was attending a conference at an Oahu resort while the wildfires were spreading. Governor Josh Green has ordered\u200d an\u200c investigation\u2063 into\u200b the cause of the fires and the emergency response, although it is not a criminal probe.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll from the wildfires has \u200bnow reached 111, including children. However, only around 40%\u200c of the burn area has been \u2063searched, and over 1,000 people are still missing. Video footage suggests that some of the fires may have started from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-without-power-in-texas-energy-prices-climb\/\" title=\"Millions Without Power In Texas; Energy Prices Climb\">downed power lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A security \u200ccamera at\u200d the Maui Bird Conservation Center captured the moment \u2064a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-chief-resigns-one-day-after-explaining-why-he-didnt-activate-sirens-during-devastating-fire\/\" title=\"Maui Emergency Chief resigns after not activating sirens during fire.\">power line sparked<\/a>\u200d a \u2062blaze in \u200cthe woods. This center is located in the rural \u200ctown of Makawao, about 30 miles away from\u2064 the devastated city of Lahaina.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u200cMakawao \u200bfire \u200cwas the first of several reported on the island last week. Prior \u2064to the \u200bfires, \u2063Maui experienced strong winds from\u200b a hurricane\u200b offshore. While the Makawao blaze did not reach Lahaina, it was \u200done of the many fires that eventually engulfed the town of 13,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maui Emergency Management Agency Chief Herman Andaya resigned on Thursday, citing &#8220;health reasons.&#8221; This came after he explained his choice to not use emergency sirens to warn residents about the devastating fire that struck the island. 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