Members of the Navy Region Hawaii Federal Fire Department (FEDFIRE) were recognized by Hawaii state representative Cedric Gates, at the Waianae Coast Emergency Response after-action review meeting held in Waianae, Hawaii, Sept. 13.
The meeting was held to discuss the response by local and federal emergency services following the Waianae Coast wildfire in August 2018. The wildfire burned more than 8,000 acres along Oahu’s Leeward Coast.
“Following Hurricane Lane and the recent wildfires on the Waianae Coast, we believe it is important for us as a community to hold a public meeting to highlight the numerous stories of resilience and to identify areas for improvements,” said Gates. “On behalf of the Waianae Coast, we would like to send a big mahalo to your personnel for their outstanding response during the recent wildfires on the Waianae Coast.”
Following presentations by Honolulu Fire Department (HFD), FEDFIRE District Chief Neil Fujioka, Battalion Chief Kevin Ramos, Battalion Chief Brett McCurtain and Captain Raymond McGill spoke about FEDFIRE’s assistance to HFD during the wildfires.
“The biggest thing I wanted to say to the Waianae community is that your support was outstanding,” said Ramos. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. While my crews were out working, I tried to get them resupplied with food and water but they said ‘no need, the residents are giving us everything we need,’ so the support that Waianae residents provided us, along with HFD, was awesome. It was second to none. So we just wanted to say thank you to the Waianae community for what you guys did for us.”
“Events like these are important to continue to provide a positive impact on the communities and to strengthen relationships and trust with our customers,” said Fujioka.
Commander, Navy Region Hawaii provides, maintains, and improves shore infrastructure, service support, and training to enable fleet operations of naval forces. The command supports logistic requirements and deployment of Joint Forces as directed by combatant and service component commanders.
| Date Taken: | 09.13.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 09.18.2018 14:43 |
| Story ID: | 292936 |
| Location: | HAWAII, US |
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