Naʻe kau atu ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen ki he kau taki ʻo e siteiti, vahefonua mo e komiunitī ʻo Maui ʻi he Hili ʻa e Fakataha ʻa e Kau Taki ʻo e Vela ʻo e Vaoʻakaú ʻi he Hili ʻa e Fire USA ʻi he uike kuo ʻosí ʻi Sonoma, Calif.

“ʻOku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻemau taumuʻá ke toe langa ʻa e ngaahi ʻapí mo e ngaahi pisinisí -- ko ʻemau meʻa mahuʻinga maʻu pē ke fakafoki mai ʻa e loto mo e laumālie ʻo homau koló: Ko homau kakaí,” ko e lea ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen lolotonga ʻene lea fakaava.

Ko e fakataha fakata'u ko 'eni 'oku fokotu'utu'u ia 'e he After the Fire USA, ko ha kautaha 'oku 'ikai ke ma'u pa'anga 'oku fa'u 'e he kau hao mei he vela 'o e vao mo e kau mataotao. Ko e fakataha ‘o e ta’u ni mo e ngaahi fakataha fekau’aki mei he ‘aho 10 ki he 13 ‘o Sepitema, 2024, na’e laka hake he kau taki ‘e toko 185 mei he tapa kehekehe ‘o e fonua ke nau fakahoko ‘a e ngaahi ‘isiu faingata’a ‘o hono ta’ofi, tali mo e fakaakeake mei he ngaahi vela lahi. Ko e vaeua nai ʻo e kau maʻu fakatahá kuo nau ngāue mālohi ʻi he ngaahi komiunitī ʻoku uesia ʻe he megafire ʻi he kotoa ʻo Kalefōniá, ʻOlikoni mo Kololató.

Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻo e fakataha ʻo e taʻú ni naʻe ʻomi ai ʻa e fakafofonga ʻo Maui ki he maʻuʻanga vela ʻo e North Bay Fires ʻi Santa Rosa. ʻI aí, naʻe fetuʻutaki ai ʻa e kau hao ʻi he vela ʻi Lahaina mo e kau mēmipa ʻo e komiunitī ʻo Santa Rosa ʻa ia ʻoku nau kei ʻi he founga ʻo e toe langá.

“ʻI he kamata pē ke lea ʻa e tokotaha naʻe hao moʻuí mo tala ʻene talanoá, ne u fakatokangaʻi leva ha fehokotaki naʻá ku maʻu mo ʻene talanoá pea mo e founga ʻoku fuʻu moʻoni ai kiate aú,” ko e lau ia ʻa Laurie Lei DeGama, ko ha tokotaha naʻe hao mei he vela ʻi Lahaina ʻi he fakafofonga ʻo Mauí. “Naʻá ku toʻo moʻoni ki mui pea kamata ke u tangi. Naʻe haʻu ha taha ʻe taha naʻe hao mei he kaungāʻapí ʻo tuʻu ʻi mui ʻo ʻeke mai pe ʻoku ou sai pē. Ko e fehokotaki vave naʻá ma maʻu ʻo e relatability naʻe fakafetaulakiʻi ia ʻaki ʻene tangi foki. Ko ha meʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ke ke lava ʻo fakamatalaʻi. Hili ha ta'u 'e fitu pea 'oku ne kei tangi pe. Na‘á ma talanoa, na‘á ne fakafiemālie‘i au, na‘á ku ‘eke ange kiate ia ha ngaahi fehu‘i, pea na‘e hangē pē ko ha ongo kaume‘a fuoloa kimauá.”

Naʻe kau ki he fakafofonga ʻo Maui ʻa e kakai ʻe toko 25 nai, pea ko e vaeua nai naʻa nau hoko ko e kau lea ʻi he fakatahaʻangá, kau ai ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen, Sen.

“Hangē ko ia ʻoku faʻa lea ʻaki ʻe he pule koló, ʻe hoko moʻoni ʻeni ko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi ngāue fakapalofesinale mahuʻinga taha te mau fai ʻi heʻemau moʻuí, pea ʻoku ou tui ʻoku moʻoni ia kiate kimautolu pea ʻoku ou tui ʻoku moʻoni ia kiate kimoutolu kotoa ʻi heni he ʻaho ní,” ko e lea ia ʻa Nishita, ʻa ia ʻokú ne tataki ʻa e ʻŌfisi Fakaakeaké, lolotonga haʻane lea. “ʻOku mau fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e falala mai ʻa homau koló kiate kimautolu ʻa e faingamālie ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau toe fakaakeake ʻi he kotoa ʻo e founga ko ʻení.”

“Ko e moʻoni, he ʻikai ke ʻi he tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi ai he ʻaho ní ʻa Maui kapau naʻe ʻikai ke ala atu ʻa kinautolu naʻa nau ʻi muʻa ʻiate kitautolú ʻo ʻoatu ha tokoni,” ko e tānaki atu ia ʻa Nishita. “ʻOku mau tuʻu ʻi he uma ʻo e kau tangata lalahi kuo nau ʻi muʻa ʻiate kimautolú. ʻOku mau houngaʻia lahi mo houngaʻia.”

Ko e kaveinga ‘o e fakataha ‘o e ta’u ni ko e “Mei he Ulo ki he Kaha’u: Folau ‘i he Taki ‘o e Ulo ‘o e Vao ‘aki ‘a e ‘Amanaki mo e Fakafepaki.” Na'e fanongo 'a e kau ma'u fakataha mei he kau mataotao 'i he megafire ke ma'u ha ngaahi lesoni mahu'inga kuo nau ako, 'ilo'i 'a e ngaahi tekinolosia fo'ou mo vahevahe 'a e ngaahi founga lelei taha ki he ngaahi komiuniti 'o e megafire.

"'Oku mau fakatahataha'i 'a e kau ngaue laine mu'a fakatapui, kau ngaue fakapule'anga ta'etuku, innovators manava'ofa, kau taki 'o e sekitoa taautaha taukei mo e ngaahi kautaha philanthropic ola lelei ke 'oua 'e ngata pe 'i he vahevahe 'o e ngaahi founga lelei taha, ka ke toe ma'u foki ha ngaahi fetalanoa'aki fakahangatonu fekau'aki mo e me'a kuo ako, 'a e me'a 'oku fie ma'u ke fakalelei'i, pea mo e founga 'oku tau 'alu ke fakatahataha'i 'a e CEO 'o e Jennison T, Af . ko e Afi USA.  

Hili e fengaue'aki 'a e Fire USA mo e kau 'ofisa fakapule'anga, sekitoa taautaha mo e komiuniti 'oku 'ikai ke nau ma'u pa'anga ke fakalelei'i 'a e ngaahi ola mo e ngaahi me'a fakasistema 'oku iku ki he kuonga 'o e megafire. Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e ʻikai fakatupu paʻangá, ʻaʻahi ki he https://hili ʻa e afi.org .

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