Wildfire Resilience
is a Shared Responsibility

HWMO stands with you across Hawaiʻi’s landscapes and neighborhoods, supporting the decisions that shape our shared future.

This place matters deeply to our families, our communities, and the lands that sustain us. We work alongside ranchers, cultural practitioners, fire departments, landowners, and local partners to protect what we cherish.

With trusted technical expertise and a collaborative, caring spirit, we help communities build wildfire ready projects while also advancing policies and systems that keep Hawaiʻi safer. Together, we are creating a future where our people and ʻāina can thrive.

Get prepared for wildfire
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Learn how HWMO protects our people and places
Group of people in costume and uniform standing in front of a fire truck labeled 'Honolulu Fire Dept.' with a large ladder on top. They are posing for a photo, some smiling and making hand gestures, with trees and a blue sky in the background.
Yellow fire trucks marked 'Kohala Coast Volunteers' and 'Brush Truck' parked inside a garage with wooden beams and fluorescent lights.
Firefighting vehicle on a road with a wildfire in the background, large smoke clouds, and flames visible behind grassy fields and streetlight poles.
A person in a black Hawaii Fire Department fire volunteer shirt and green pants standing on a rocky, brown hillside with a view of the ocean and palm trees in the distance.
A woman standing behind a booth at an outdoor event, representing the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization. The booth has informational posters and flyers about wildfire causes and prevention in Hawaii. The woman is smiling and wearing a blue shirt with the organization’s logo.

Wildfires are a mauka to makai issue, shaping the safety of our communities, the health of our watersheds, and the resilience of Hawaiʻi’s natural and cultural resources.

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Artist: Gianna Groves

We are working with you to protect our ʻāina

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Through our extensive partnerships and grassroots efforts, we are working towards reducing the number of wildfires and significantly reducing the wildfire risk for communities and precious natural resources throughout the State of Hawaiʻi.

59
local Hawaiʻi Island

18
nationwide

10
statewide

8
county-wide

Check out our partners
  • Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency logo with a blue circle, a white triangle, and red text.
  • Official emblem of the Hawaii County Fire Department showing a volcano, ocean, palm tree, and mountain with a red flame, surrounded by a yellow and red border with the text 'Hawaii County Fire Department Fire-Rescue Firefighting' and 'Founded 1888.'
  • Maui County emergency management logo with yellow border, blue background, and a triangle featuring a red star and the letters 'EM'.
  • Emblem of Maui Fire Department featuring a Maltese cross with firefighting tools and the words Maui, Hawaii, Fire, Rescue, and Molokai.
  • Emblem of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency featuring a volcano, ocean, island, and a rising sun.
  • Honolulu Fire Department badge featuring a central shield with the Hawaiian flag, a fire hydrant on the right, a fire ladder on the left, and the words 'Honolulu Fire' at the top and bottom.
  • Seal of the County of Kauai Emergency Management Agency, featuring a blue circle with red and white text and a central white triangle with red and blue symbols.
  • DLNR Logo
  • DOFAW logo
  • NPS Logo
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service badge with a blue bird, fish, and aquatic plants on a yellow background.
  • The emblem of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve featuring a red shield with gold crossed swords, a gold chain, and a black banner with the words "Supporting, Sustaining, Defending."
  • Emblem of the Pacific Missile Range Facility with a silhouette of a muscular man holding a missile, surrounded by yellow and blue colors, with a banner reading "Barking Sands".
  • Seal of the Federal Aviation Administration with a stylized eagle and green globe.
  • A red hibiscus flower with yellow pollen, green leaves, and a blue ceramic teapot on a white background.
  • Logo for The Hawaiian Islands
  • Logo for Paniolo Adventures with a cowboy hat and red flowers, and the text 'Paniolo Adventures Horseback Riding'.
  • Logo with a gold background and white letters 'HR' beneath a stylized sunburst design.
  • Parker Ranch logo with a stylized bull head and the text 'Parker Ranch' and 'est. 1847'
  • A geometric pattern of navy blue diamonds and triangles on a white background.
  • Logo of the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition featuring a mountain, trees, and a river
  • U.S. Forest Service badge with a green background and yellow border, featuring a yellow pine tree in the center, and text indicating it's part of the Department of Agriculture.
  • NFPA fire safety logo with black square outline, red flame symbol inside, and 'NFPA' text below.
  • Red cross emblem next to the words "American Red Cross" in black text.
  • NFPA and Firewise USA logos with text 'Residents reducing wildfire risks'.
  • Kamehameha Schools logo featuring a figure holding a spear, surrounded by the text "Kamehameha Schools 1887 MUA".
  • Text reads "FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES" with overlapping circles in green, pink, and blue behind some letters.
  • Logo of Coco featuring a stylized brown letter C with a water drop and the word 'coco' beneath it.
  • Kauai Fire Department emblem with a mountain, ladder, fire hydrant, and green foliage.

Hawaiʻi has a wildfire problem

Each year, about 0.5% of Hawai'i's total land area burns each year, equal to or greater than the proportion burned of any other US state.

Human ignitions coupled with an increasing amount of nonnative, fire-prone grasses and shrubs and a warming, drying climate have greatly increased the wildfire problem.

  • HWMO is dedicated to outreach, education and technical assistance, project implementation, and research focused on proactive and collaborative wildfire prevention, mitigation, and post-fire recovery in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

  • HWMO's vision is for the people and places of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific to be wildfire-ready and wildfire-resilient.

  • Hawai'i's ecosystems are not adapted to fire so post wildfire events our native ecosystem often cannot recuperate. Instead, our native plants are replaced by fire-accustomed invasive grasses and plants.

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