{"id":2016628,"date":"2023-08-30T11:36:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruel-irony-maui-officials-were-attending-fema-disaster-training-as-blazes-began-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T11:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:39:03","slug":"cruel-irony-maui-officials-were-attending-fema-disaster-training-as-blazes-began-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruel-irony-maui-officials-were-attending-fema-disaster-training-as-blazes-began-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui officials attending FEMA training when fires started &#8211; Report reveals cruel irony."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcruel-irony-maui-officials-were-attending-fema-disaster-training-as-blazes-began-report%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=2016628&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>Tragedy Strikes as Maui Officials\u2063 Attend FEMA Training During Deadly Wildfires<\/h2>\n<p>While \u2064Maui faced devastating wildfires, top\u2063 emergency officials were attending Federal\u200c Emergency Management \u2062Agency (FEMA) \u200bdisaster training on a neighboring island. The\u200d shocking part? \u200dThey did \u2063not\u2062 respond to emergency calls for a staggering five hours after the fires began. This\u200d raises serious questions about their competence and priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly wildfires, including the Upcounty Fire, broke\u200d out \u2063on Maui in the early hours of Aug. 8. The \u2064Lahaina fire\u2064 even forced the evacuation \u2064of a school near Lahaina around 6:40 a.m. However, emergency \u200dresponse was shockingly delayed until nearly 11 am, \u2064despite the fire spreading significantly.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruel-irony-maui-officials-were-attending-fema-disaster-training-as-blazes-began-report\/\" title=\"Maui officials attending FEMA training when fires started - Report reveals cruel irony.\">delayed response contributed significantly<\/a> to the devastating loss of\u200b at least\u2063 115 lives. To date, over 1,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southern-california-groups-line-up-to-help-maui-victims-from-afar\/\" title=\"Southern California groups ready to aid Maui victims remotely.\">000 individuals remain unaccounted<\/a>\u2063 for, \u2062including 388 individuals whose\u2062 identities have been disclosed but who are \u200dstill missing. This marks \u200da distressing reality following the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. \u2063in over a century.<\/p>\n<h3>Officials&#8217; Absence and FEMA&#8217;s Diversity Training<\/h3>\n<p>During the wildfires, dozens\u2062 of senior officials were in Honolulu \u200dfor FEMA&#8217;s annual meeting of coordinators\u2063 in the Pacific region. While fires raged on Maui, these officials were discussing disaster response \u200delsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the controversy, FEMA mandated a three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/company-reveals-it-will-lay-off-workers-through-an-anti-racist-lens\/\" title=\"Company Reveals It Will Lay Off Workers Through An \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Lens\">-hour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-week-in-campus-insanity-vol-30\/\" title=\"This Week in Campus Insanity Vol. 30\">diversity training<\/a><\/a> \u200dfor its employees during this critical time. The training, which\u2064 explores issues like systemic \u200cracism and oppression, has \u200ddrawn criticism for its timing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maui residents suspect CONSPIRACY after\u200c Fire disaster\u200d as Biden Administration demands FEMA \u200cworkers take \u201cdiversity\u2064 courses\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QDwMMPQrUM\">pic.twitter.com\/QDwMMPQrUM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1696383595311448235?\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the exact number \u200dof FEMA&#8217;s employees subjected to this training remains unclear, it is known that FEMA&#8217;s resilience division, comprised \u200bof roughly 2,600 employees, was notified of the requirement. A representative for FEMA acknowledged the\u2064 training but\u2064 stated\u2064 that\u200b it is not required, as employees have \u2062the \u2062option to\u200c choose between three different classes.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions About \u2062Emergency Preparedness and Biden&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>The tragedy \u2062also \u2064highlighted questions about Maui&#8217;s emergency\u2064 preparedness, including \u200cthe failure to\u2062 activate sirens\u200d and provide timely warnings. Officials face growing scrutiny for their \u200dhandling of the disaster, especially as the number of\u200d deaths, particularly \u2063involving children, remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, emergency preparedness experts have been criticized for downplaying the risk\u200c of wildfires, despite\u2062 previous incidents in 2018. A lawsuit has even been filed against Hawaii&#8217;s electric company for not shutting down the grid.<\/p>\n<p>It is also worth \u2062noting that President \u200bJoe Biden initially refrained from addressing the Hawaii wildfires. When he eventually visited the island, his actions were seen as lacking\u200d in compassion and sensitivity toward the affected\u2063 residents.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst \u200cthe\u2064 tragedy, residents have been asked to submit DNA \u200csamples to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-coroner-asking-for-dna-samples-to-identify-victims-of-suspected-serial-killer\/\" title=\"Indiana Coroner Asking For DNA Samples To Identify Victims Of Suspected Serial Killer\">identify human remains<\/a>,\u200c with the\u2064 death toll at 115 and the possibility that not all remains will be found. The process has been met with reluctance, and investigators have cited challenges \u200din assembling a comprehensive list of those unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cruel-irony-maui-officials-attending-fema-disaster-training-blazes-began-report\/\">Cruel Irony: Maui Officials Were Attending FEMA Disaster Training as Blazes Began &#8211; Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Maui emergency officials were on a neighboring island for FEMA disaster training when deadly wildfires broke out on their own island. Shockingly, they failed to respond to emergency calls for five hours, raising concerns about their competence and priorities. 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