{"id":2169445,"date":"2024-02-06T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-police-release-98-page-report-on-lahaina-wildfire-response-32-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T21:14:05","slug":"maui-police-release-98-page-report-on-lahaina-wildfire-response-32-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-police-release-98-page-report-on-lahaina-wildfire-response-32-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui Police share 98-page report on Lahaina wildfire response, offer 32 suggestions"},"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\">24<\/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-police-release-98-page-report-on-lahaina-wildfire-response-32-recommendations%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=2169445&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LAHAINA, \u200bHAWAII \u2013 AUGUST 11: In\u200c an aerial\u2064 view, cars destroyed by wildfire line\u200b Front\u200b Street on August 11, 2023 in Lahaina, \u2064Hawaii. Dozens of\u2064 people were killed \u200band thousands\u200d were \u200ddisplaced after a wind-driven wildfire devastated the town \u2064of Lahaina on Tuesday. \u2063Crews are continuing to search for missing people. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>1:00 \u200cPM \u2013 Tuesday, February 6, \u200d2024<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive preliminary report spanning 98\u2063 pages was made public by \u2063the Maui Police Department\u200b (MPD), detailing their reaction to \u200bone of the worst wildfires\u200b to ever strike the country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Approximately \u200dsix months after the severe wildfires that \u2064occurred in \u2063the coastal \u200dtown \u200bof Lahaina,\u00a0the MPD released an after-action \u200cinvestigation report detailing the cause of the fires and \u201c32 [additional] \u200crecommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday during a news\u200c conference, Maui Police Chief John \u200dPelletier revealed the\u200b report and began the meeting\u2064 with a \u2062moment of silence \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/150m-fund-to-support-maui-fire-victims-and-their-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remember victims\u2064 who died<\/a> in the August 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023, \u2064wildfires. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJust last week, we \u2062were able to bring \u200cclosure to the last family. That \u2064has\u2063 never happened before. At two months out, we had all but one\u2064 person identified,\u201d said Chief Pelletier, giving \u2062credit to\u200c investigators, \u2064doctors\u200d and forensic\u200d experts from around the globe\u2062 that were embedded in the industry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe \u200dwork that was done by the Maui Police Department, \u200dby the other first \u200cresponders, and by the by the members \u200bof this\u200c community\u200b is the tip\u2062 of the spear, it is unprecedented, and it is best practices,\u201d Pelletier added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are three remaining \u2063victims who are currently reported as \u201cunaccounted\u2064 for\u201d from the August\u2063 8<sup>th<\/sup> wildfires.\u200b Their \u2064names are Robert H. Owens, Elmer Lee Stevens, and Paul \u200bKasprysycki.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe investigations remain \u2063open\u200d and any\u2063 new leads or information that is brought to us, we will pursue,\u201d explained \u2062Officer\u200d Brad Taylor. \u201cSince the investigation, we have \u200breached out to the family \u2063members, searched\u2064 for eyewitness accounts of where they might have been,\u200c and then we looked at a map and with what we knew about their mobility, we created strategies of where they might have escaped to, and then we\u2064 sent anthropological teams to go to\u200c those estimated escape routes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cwinds\u200d that ignited the fires\u201d caused a cascade of chaos for the police, according to the police department, which concluded that\u2064 the flames were caused by \u201csevere weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dry\u200d vegetation and strong winds\u200b reportedly prompted the fires to \u2064spread quickly \u2062throughout the island.\u200d <\/p>\n<p>According to\u2062 the report,\u2064 as the fires spread, its destructive\u2064 power created black smoke that hindered multiple\u2064 evacuations and disrupted power lines which made communication almost impossible.<\/p>\n<p>An intense search for\u2064 victims that went \u200call the\u2063 way to the coast\u2019s ocean\u200b added to \u200dthe tragedy. The fire\u2019s emergency response was \u2062impacted by \u200bextreme conditions and widespread confusion,\u2064 as reported by the officers\u2019 \u200daccounts in the report and the body camera footage.<\/p>\n<p>The MPD report included \u206232 recommendations for how the department could respond more \u2064effectively in \u2064the event of a similar emergency or natural disaster \u200bin the future. Some of the \u2063recommendations included \u201cenhancing\u200b communication between responding officers\u201d\u2063 and other emergency personnel, as well as \u200dimplementing \u201cstronger equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn policing, we respond to\u200b dynamic and evolving situations,\u201d Pelletier said in the report. \u201cWe cannot control the incidents we respond to; we can, however, control our responses in the aftermath.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDuring \u200cthe \u2062hours of August 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023,\u2062 Maui became the stage for \u2062the most tragic natural disaster in state history and\u2062 the deadliest fire in modern\u200c American history,\u201d Pelletier said. \u201cIn\u200d the\u2062 days and\u200d months since this \u200bincident, \u200cthe Maui Police Department has worked \u200buncompromisingly \u2062to detail our response.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200dmajority of the report\u2019s \u2062recommendations called\u200c for more advanced equipment and technology, such as \u200bproviding radio earpieces for police so that\u2062 they could hear more clearly. It also\u200b noted outfitting each\u2063 supervisory police car with a\u2064 breaching kit in order \u200cfor debris to be removed. <\/p>\n<p>The report, which was examined by \u200ctwo outside law enforcement organizations, will be made \u2062available to law enforcement organizations nationwide as\u2062 a tool for disaster planning \u2062and response. At \u2063the press conference, Pelletier\u200b stated that the report\u2063 would be\u2063 fully completed in \u201csix\u2064 to twelve months.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/complianz\/placeholders\/youtube2ZIAyFWTSv0-maxresdefault.webp\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-service=\"youtube\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element cmplz-iframe cmplz-iframe-styles cmplz-video\" data-cmplz-target=\"src\" data-src-cmplz=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ZIAyFWTSv0?feature=oembed\" title=\"MPD Chief John Pelletier after action report Feb 5 2024\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200c\t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tenants of a\u200d collapsed Bronx building \u200bare now suing the landlord for allegedly \u2064not making the proper building repairs in a timely manner.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Judiciary\u2063 Committee\u2062 Chairman \u200bJim\u2062 Jordan says that \u201cthe case is already compelling\u201d for\u200c the impeachment of Joe \u200bBiden but that\u2062 Jordan\u2019s committee still has more work to do and several key\u2062 witnesses to depose. \u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A 98-page report detailing what went \u200dright and what could have been done \u2062differently in the Lahaina fires response is \u2063made public.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One self defense expert explains how he \u200dtrains officers and \u200bcivilians to protect themselves\u2063 and their families. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta Platforms\u00a0will begin detecting \u200band labeling \u2064images generated by other companies\u2019 AI services in the coming months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares of Tesla fell \u2063nearly 6% after a report said \u200dGerman \u2063software \u200cfirm SAP will no longer procure their electric cars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com\u00a0has begun rolling out a \u200dnew AI assistant that is meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/king-charles-iii-diagnosed-with-cancer\/\" title=\"King Charles III diagnosed with cancer\">address shoppers\u2019 product questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. safety\u2064 regulators have upgraded their probe into Tesla\u00a0vehicles\u200b over power steering loss\u2064 to an engineering analysis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What were the primary causes of the wildfires in\u2062 Lahaina, Hawaii in August 2023, according to\u2062 the comprehensive preliminary report released by the Maui Police \u200dDepartment?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Nformed with One America News as \u2064we \u2062bring\u200c you\u2062 updates on \u2062the aftermath of the devastating wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii in August 2023. The Maui Police Department (MPD) has recently released a comprehensive preliminary report detailing their reaction and response \u2062to this tragic event.<\/p>\n<p>The report, spanning 98 pages, sheds light on\u200b the cause of the wildfires and provides 32 additional recommendations for future disaster\u200c planning and response. It \u200bwas made public by the MPD to ensure transparency \u2062and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference on Monday, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier presented the report and commenced the meeting with a moment of silence\u200c to remember \u200cthe victims who lost their lives in the wildfires. Chief Pelletier commended the investigators, doctors, and forensic experts from around the world who collaborated on this investigation. He expressed his gratitude for their dedicated work, which led to the identification of all but one victim within two months, an unprecedented achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Pelletier emphasized that the efforts of the MPD, first responders, and the community were both extraordinary and\u200c exemplary. He acknowledged\u2062 their hard work and dedication in combating the\u200c wildfires and dealing with the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>Despite significant progress, three victims, Robert H. \u200dOwens, Elmer Lee Stevens, and \u200bPaul Kasprysycki, still remain unaccounted for. Officer Brad Taylor assured that the investigation \u200dremains open, and the MPD will continue to pursue any new leads or information that may arise.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the wildfires were ignited by severe \u200cweather conditions, specifically strong winds and dry vegetation. This combination led to the rapid spread of the fires throughout the island. As the flames engulfed the area, black smoke hindered evacuation efforts and disrupted communication, causing\u200d additional challenges for emergency response teams.<\/p>\n<p>In light \u200bof these challenges, the MPD&#8217;s\u200b report includes 32 recommendations for more effective responses\u200c in similar emergencies or natural disasters in the future. These recommendations\u200d focus on enhancing communication between responding officers and other emergency personnel, as well as\u200c implementing stronger equipment. Chief Pelletier emphasized the importance of controlling\u2064 responses in the aftermath of such incidents, even though the incidents themselves may be uncontrollable.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c report also highlights the need for advanced\u200c equipment and technology. Some of the\u200b recommendations \u2064include providing \u2064police officers with radio earpieces to improve\u2062 communication clarity and outfitting each supervisory police car with a breaching kit to \u2064remove debris effectively.<\/p>\n<p>The report underwent examination by two outside law enforcement organizations and will be made available to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-semitic-attacks-in-2020-outnumbered-attacks-against-muslims-asians-transgender-people-combined\/\" title=\"Anti-Semitic Attacks in 2020 Outnumbered Attacks Against Muslims, Asians, Transgender People Combined\">law enforcement agencies nationwide<\/a> as a valuable tool for disaster planning and response. Chief \u200dPelletier announced that the \u200creport would be fully completed within six to twelve months.<\/p>\n<p>As we await the finalization of this report, we must remember the victims and their families who continue to cope with the aftermath of \u2062this tragedy. The MPD&#8217;s\u2062 dedication to learning\u200b from this experience and implementing necessary changes serves as a testament to their commitment to\u200c protecting the community.<\/p>\n<p>One America News will continue to provide updates on the progress made following the Lahaina wildfires as we strive to \u2063keep you informed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 11, 2023, an aerial view shows wildfire-ravaged cars along Front Street. The wind-driven blaze caused numerous casualties and forced thousands to evacuate, leaving the town devastated. Ongoing efforts are underway to locate missing individuals. 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