has faced increasing drought conditions in recent years, contributing to warnings like this. in a may webinar from with the hawaii wildfire management organization. hawaii has a big wildfire problem. we are on par with the most fire prone states in the western continental u.s. the impact of fire are broad and long lasting. reporter: now residents like mark are left to rebuild again, as the threat of future disasters looms with no clear plan in place. i mean, i know what i need to do. we ve done it before. it s still unclear whether additional preparation and mitigation could have reduced the amount of devastation and damage we ve seen from these lahaina wildfires given its speed and intensity. the governor of hawaii tells cnn, responsibility falls on all of us. john? all right. pam brown, thank you very much. iowa presidential politics
reporter: the 2021 report also makes the troubling point that, despite the increasing number of wildfires, fire prevention was given quote, short shrift in a strategic plan for maui s county department of fire safety. they also said quote, nothing about what can and should be done to prevent fires, which it called a significant oversight. given how catastrophic this event was, i think there will be a lot of pressure on the state and other organizations to improve their fire prevention actions that they are taking statewide. the increase in fires comes, as maui has faced increasing drought conditions in recent years come a contributing to warnings like this, at a may webinar of the hawaiian wildfire management organization. hawaii has a big wildfire problem. we are on par with the most fire prone states in the western continental u.s. the impact of fire are broad and long-lasting. reporter: now residents, like mark, are left to rebuild
makes the troubling point that despite the increasing number of wildfires, fire prevention was given, quote, short shift in the department of fire and safety. the plan also included, quote, nothing about what can and should be done to prevent fires, which is called a significant oversight. given how catastrophic this event was, i think there will be a lot of pressure on the state and other organizations to improve their fire prevention actions that they are taking at the statewide level. reporter: the fires come as maui has faced increasing drought conditions in recent years contributing to warnings like this in a webinar from the hawaii wildfire management organization. hawaii has a big wildfire problem. we are on par with the most fire-prone states in the western u.s. the impacts of fire are broad and long lasting. reporter: now residents are
event was, i think there will be a lot of pressure on the state and other organizations to improve their fire prevention actions that they are taking at the statewide level. reporter: the fires come as maui has faced increasing drought conditions in recent years contribute iing to warnin like this in a webinar from the hawaii wildfire management organization. hawaii has a big wildfire problem. we are on par with thes most fire-prone states in the western u.s. the impacts of fire are broad and long lasting. reporter: now residents are left to rebuild again as the threat of future disasters looms with no clear plan in place. i mean, i know what i need to do. we have done it before. it just sucks. reporter: pamela brown, yellocnn, washington. if you d like to help those impacted by the hawaii wildfires, you can go to
which it called a significant oversight. given how catastrophic this event was, i think there will be a lot of pressure on the state and other organizations to improve the fire prevention action that they re taking statewide. the increase in fires in hawaii comes as maui has faced increasing drought conditions in recent years. contributing to warnings like this. in a may webinar from the hawaii wildfire management organization. hawaii has a big wildfire problem, we are on par with the most western prone states in the continental u.s. the impacts of the fire are broad and long lasts. now residents are left to rebuild again, as the threat of the fure looms with no clear plan in the future in place. i know what i need to do. we ve done it before. this suck. reporter: it is unclear