{"id":2004865,"date":"2023-08-18T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-management-administrator-resigns\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T12:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:59:59","slug":"maui-emergency-management-administrator-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-management-administrator-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui Emergency Management Administrator Steps Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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-management-administrator-resigns%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=2004865&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An aerial\u200c image taken on August 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-emergency-management-administrator-resigns\/\" title=\"Maui Emergency Management Administrator Steps Down\">2023 shows destroyed\u200c homes<\/a>,\u2063 buildings, and \u2064the harbor area burned to the ground in Lahaina in the\u2062 aftermath \u200bof wildfires in \u200dwestern Maui, Hawaii. (Photo by PATRICK\u200c T. FALLON\/AFP\u2064 via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>9:41 AM \u2013 Friday, \u2063August 18, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The administrator of Maui\u2019s Emergency Management agency, who decided not\u2062 to sound the <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>, resigned \u2063on Thursday citing health reasons.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Maui Emergency\u200d Management Agency director Herman\u2062 Andaya, who made reportedly made the final decision\u200d AGAINST activating the emergency sirens\u200c in Lahaina, \u200bMaui, \u200bhas\u2063 RESIGNED.<\/p>\n<p>The sirens were meant to alert\u200b residents of imminent tsunamis, wildfires, terrorist attacks,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zqj56bB87V\">pic.twitter.com\/zqj56bB87V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Sortor \u2064(@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1692343375306109428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The \u2064resignation of Herman Andaya, Maui\u2019s\u2063 Emergency Management\u2063 Agency Administrator,\u2062 came a day after he\u2064 attempted to explain why \u200bthe emergency \u200csiren system had not\u2062 sounded during \u2062the deadliest wildfire the country has seen in \u200bover 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>The explanation \u200cthat\u2064 Andaya gave \u2064for not sounding the emergency siren system was\u2064 that those \u200bsirens were primarily used for tsunamis. He stated that if he had sounded them, he feared \u200cthat people would \u2064rush towards the mountains\u200b and\u2064 the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Maui were skeptical and outraged at the reasoning that Andaya gave. Many said that the\u200b sirens would have helped them prepare \u200bbetter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf I would have heard the \u200dsiren \u2063that morning, I would have at least prepared, you know, packed something in my car, called my parents,\u201d Alex Calma, a resident who lost his home to the fires, said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking with CNN on Thursday, state Senator Angus\u2064 Mckelvey, the Democrat who represents the town of Lahaina which was \u200cdevastated by the fires, and who also lost his home as well, said he was outraged by Andaya\u2019s response and \u200bthat it was \u201cinsulting.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard the line that \u2018people would have panicked and ran up to the \u200bmountains because\u2062 it\u2019s a tsunami siren.\u2019 \u2026 It\u2019s insulting to think that\u2063 people would be that clueless, \u2064that they wouldn\u2019t know \u2062that sirens blasting was\u2064 because\u2062 of the fire,\u201d he\u2064 told CNN, \u201cThese \u2063are not tsunami sirens. They\u2019re\u200b disaster\u2063 sirens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked during a\u200d press conferenced\u2064 if he regretted his decision to not sound the sirens, Andaya said that he does not regret it.<\/p>\n<p>Maui County Mayor, Richard Bissen, said that the resignation of Andaya is \u201ceffective immediately\u201d and that they are working on filling his post\u2063 \u201cas quickly as\u2063 possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cGiven the gravity \u200cof\u2063 the crisis we \u200bare facing, my \u2064team and \u2062I \u200cwill be placing\u2062 someone in \u200dthis key position as quickly as\u200c possible and I look forward to \u2064making that announcement soon,\u201d\u2064 the Mayor announced.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the U.S. \u200dFire\u200b Administration, the Lahaina \u2063fire \u2063is the deadliest fire in the country in over 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungary-takes-lead-as-europe-prepares-to-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Hungary takes lead as Europe prepares to begin COVID-19 vaccinations\">death toll rose<\/a> \u200dto 111 people, and around 2,200 structures were damaged by the fire, the majority of which \u2063were residential.<\/p>\n<p>According to Maui\u200d County, \u2063the devastation caused by the fire will cost around $5.5 billion to fix, although\u2062 the\u2063 number is still on the rise as well. <\/p>\n<p>The cause of \u2062the fire is still currently under investigation\u2062 by local authorities. On\u2063 Thursday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)\u200c announced that the\u200b agency\u2019s National Response\u200c Team will \u200dbe\u200c traveling\u200d to the island to help with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u200d breaking news blasts directly to\u200c your inbox for free. Subscribe \u2063here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Prosecutors announce a major break in the murder of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan. 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