He mea kōkua ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hale kūʻai mamao ma ka nānā ʻana i nā kūlana ahi.

Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā keʻena hoʻokalakupua mamao mamao ma Lahaina i nā wahi me nā mauʻu ʻino e hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia i ke ahi ahi. Hiki i ka ʻenehana i ka Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) ke hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili e wānana i ke ʻano o ke ahi a nānā i nā wahie puhi ahi.
E hōʻiliʻili kēia mau kikowaena i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka ua, ka wikiwiki o ka makani a me ke kuhikuhi ʻana, ka mahana o ka ea, ka haʻahaʻa pili, ka wai wahie, a me ka pāhawewe ʻana o ka lā no nā kahu ahi a me nā mea puhi ahi.
ʻElua kahua ma Lahaina, a ʻo kekahi ma luna o Māʻalaea.
ʻOhi ʻia ka ʻikepili RAWS i kēlā me kēia hola a hoʻouna ʻia i kahi satellite, a laila hoʻouna ʻia i kahi kamepiula ma ka National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) ma Boise, Idaho.
He mea kōkua ka ʻikepili no ka mālama ʻana i ke ahi ahi a me ka helu ʻana i ka pōʻino ahi. Aia ma kahi o 2,800 mau ʻāpana a puni ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Puerto Rico, Guam, a me ka US Virgin Islands. He 22 mau keena ma Hawai'i.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana o ka Weather Station i ka mana o ka lā a ʻakomi loa.
"ʻEkolu mau mea lawe lima i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a puni ʻo Lahaina no ka ʻoi aku ka pololei o ka ʻāina.
Nānā mau nā limahana DOFAW i ka ʻike ma ka pūnaewele.
"Ke nānā nei mākou i ka mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka pilikia o ke ahi no ia wahi. Aia nā keʻena ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe i loaʻa nā kiʻi kiʻi e hiki ai ke ʻike mua i ke ahi, manaʻolana mākou e hoʻohui koke i kekahi mau kamera i kā mākou mau kikowaena, "wahi a Walker.
"He mea paahana maikaʻi loa ia no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka pilikia o ke ahi, a he ʻelua kā mākou mau kikowaena lawe lima e hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka nānā ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ahi kūloko.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻāpana ke hōʻike inā he ahi ikaika, ʻo ka ʻike, a me ka ʻikepili i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e nā ʻāpana he waiwai nui i ka nānā ʻana i nā hoʻoweliweli ahi.