Herman Andaya, who leads Maui’s Emergency Management Agency, defended the decision not to sound warning sirens amid the catastrophic Lahaina fire.
Over a week after fire incinerated Lahaina, locals are pressing for a return to work as they seek some sense of normalcy.The agency used several other types of emergency notifications to alert people to the fire, Andaya said. Some of the systems used were wireless emergency alerts, which send text messages to residents, and the emergency alert system, which broadcasts emergency notifications via television and radio.
When a reporter mentioned the article, Andaya defended his work history, saying he’d spent 11 years as the Maui County mayor’s chief of staff and later as the deputy director of the county’s Department of Housing and Human Concerns. During that time, he said he went through “numerous trainings” and often reported to the emergency operations center. He also had to complete a civil service exam and was vetted by emergency managers before he was selected for the role.
“When I first moved to Hawaii, people told me if you hear a siren, it’s a tsunami and go to high ground,” Green said.
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