DLNR’s Fire Management Program (DOFAW) leads wildfire prevention, presuppression, and suppression across nearly 60% of Hawaiʻi’s lands, including forest reserves, hunting areas, and natural reserves. The program staff—comprising natural resource professionals—operate under mutual aid agreements with county and federal fire agencies. They follow established procedures to protect native forests, watersheds, and communities from wildfires driven by invasive grasses and climate conditions.
Explore interactive visuals: Keiki-focused fire safety tools featuring Smokey Bear and Pueo guide students on safe behaviors around fire.
Use the Ready, Set, Go guide to assess home and school fire risk, informed by local wildfire conditions.
Map agency jurisdictions: Learn about DOFAW’s wildfire responsibilities via mutual aid maps and Fire Management Information sections.
Study safety protocols: Examine the “10 Standard Fire Orders” and “18 Watch Out Situations” DOFAW uses to train staff in safe wildfire operations.
Hawaiʻi wildfire drivers: invasive grass fuels and climate variability
Fire safety strategies: prevention messaging, defensible zones, hazard assessment
Organizational coordination: mutual aid, legal frameworks, DLNR’s role under Chapter 185 HRS
Firefighter training: adherence to National Interagency protocols (10 Orders, 18 situations)
