WAHIAWA, HAWAI?I ­­­­­­­­­- Due to concerns with recent repeated wildfire emergency responses in the West O?ahu and South Maui areas, Gov. Josh Green, M.D., Commander in Chief of the Hawai‘i National Guard, activated aircrew members to provide additional aerial firefighting capabilities to augment county and state level first responder elements.

Gov. Green issued the 24th Emergency Proclamation related to wildfires to facilitate the state’s response. Today’s decision enables assets to posture for an immediate response, which increases our capacity to contain and extinguish a fire in its early stage.

The Hawai?i Emergency Management Agency and the Hawai?i National Guard are in communication with the affected counties and stand ready to support.