He kōkua ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kikowaena aniau mamao i ka wā e nānā ai i nā kūlana ahi

Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kikowaena aniau mamao mamao ma Lahaina i nā wahi me nā mauʻu komohewa i hiki ke palupalu i nā ahi ahi. Hiki i ka ʻenehana ke hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili no ka wānana ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ahi a me ka nānā ʻana i nā wahie e hoʻāla ana i ke ahi.
Hōʻiliʻili kēia mau kikowaena i ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka ua, ka wikiwiki a me ke kuhikuhi o ka makani, ka mahana o ka ea, ka haʻahaʻa pili, ka makū o ka wahie, a me ka hoʻomehana lā no nā mākaʻi a me nā mea kinai ahi.
ʻElua mau kikowaena ma Lahaina, a aia kekahi ma luna o Māʻalaea.
Hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka ʻikepili RAWS i kēlā me kēia hola a hoʻouna ʻia i kahi satelite, a laila hoʻouna ʻia i kahi kamepiula ma ka National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) ma Boise, Idaho.
He kōkua kēia ʻikepili no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke ahi hihiu a me ka helu ʻana i ka pōʻino ahi. Aia ma kahi o 2,800 mau ʻāpana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Puerto Rico, Guam, a me nā mokupuni ʻo Virgin Islands o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Aia he 22 mau kikowaena ma Hawaiʻi.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā kikowaena aniau i ka mana o ka lā a hana ponoʻī ʻia.
"Aia ʻekolu mau mīkini lawe lima i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a puni ʻo Lahaina no ka ʻoi aku ka pololei o ke aniau kūloko. ʻAʻole wale nā ​​​​​​keʻena ahi e nānā i ka ʻikepili akā hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻikepili e nā mea noiʻi aniau no ka wānana a me ke kumu hoʻohālike," wahi a Mike Walker, Luna Hoʻomalu Ahi o DOFAW.
Nānā pinepine nā limahana DOFAW i ka ʻike ma ka pūnaewele.
"Ke nānā nei mākou i ka mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa e hoʻoholo ai i ka pilikia ahi no ia wahi. Aia nā kikowaena ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe i loaʻa nā kāmela e hiki ai ke ʻike mua i ke ahi, me ka manaʻolana e hoʻohui koke mākou i kekahi mau kāmela i kā mākou mau kikowaena," wahi a Walker.
"He mea hana maikaʻi loa lākou e hoʻoholo ai i ka pilikia o ke ahi, a he ʻelua mau kikowaena lawe lima kā mākou e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e nānā i nā kūlana ahi kūloko. Ua hoʻohana ʻia kekahi mea lawe lima i ka wā o ka pele ʻana o Leilani ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi e nānā i ke aniau ma kahi hale hana geothermal. Ua ʻoki ke kahe pele i ke komo ʻana a ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻi i laila no kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki," wahi a Walker.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻāpana ke hōʻike inā he ahi e hana nei, he waiwai nui ka ʻike a me ka ʻikepili a nā ʻāpana e hōʻiliʻili ai i ka nānā ʻana i nā hoʻoweliweli ahi.