LAHAINA, Maui – Ua wehe ka Federal Emergency Management Agency i kāna kahua hale no ka hui Kilohana hou i kēia lā, e mālama ana i kahi hui hoʻomaikaʻi kuʻuna a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā mea ola ahi mua i loko o kāna mau ʻāpana modular.
Ke hoʻopau ʻia, hāʻawi ʻo Kilohana i 167 mau hale kūʻokoʻa e kākoʻo i nā poʻe i pakele i ke ahi ahi o Lahaina i ko lākou kūkulu hou ʻana i ko lākou mau ola a me ka hana ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hale paʻa. Ma ka lā 18 o Nowemapa, ua hoʻouna ʻia he 94 o nā ʻāpana i ke kahua hale hui ma ke alanui Fleming a me ke alanui Malo. E hele mai nā ʻāpana me nā lako maʻamau a hāʻawi i nā pono.
"Ke hui pū nei mākou, ke kūkulu nei mākou ma mua o kahi hale kūʻokoʻa no ka poʻe i pakele i ke ahi," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele 9 o FEMA ʻo Robert J. Fenton. "Ke kūkulu nei mākou i kumu no ke kūpaʻa, ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana, a me ka hana hou ʻana no ka poʻe o Maui Komohana."
Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo FEMA i ʻekolu hui - Dynamic, Timberline a me Acuity - e hana i nā ʻāpana modular hoʻokahi, ʻelua a me ʻekolu lumi ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a laila hoʻouna iā lākou i Maui. Ua lawe ʻia mai ka US Army Corps of Engineers no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ke kahua hale hui he 34 ʻeka.
Ua kūkulu ʻia nā hale modular no 30 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha. ʻO ia ka manawa mua i kūkulu ai ʻo FEMA i nā hale no ka manawa lōʻihi - i ʻike ʻia ʻo Alternative Transportable Temporary Housing Units - e kū ana i nā code hale kūloko a me ka honua.
A laila, loaʻa iā FEMA ke koho e hoʻokaʻawale hou i nā ʻāpana i ka wā e pono ʻole ai lākou no nā hale no ka manawa pōkole, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā waihona hale o Maui. Aia ʻo Kilohana ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi papahana hale kūʻai mokuʻāina, Ka Laʻi Ola, ke kau nei i nā hale i hana mua ʻia no ka 450 mau kānaka a me nā ʻohana i hoʻoneʻe ʻia e nā ahi.
No ka ʻike hou loa e pili ana i nā hana hoʻōla ahi ahi o Maui, e kipa mauicounty.gov, mauirecovers.org, fema.gov/disaster/4724 ma Hawaii Wildfires - YouTube. E hahai i ka FEMA ma ka pāpili kaiapili: @FEMARegion9 a facebook.com/fema.