On Saturday, December 20th, 2025, we gathered at Lincoln Elementary for a day full of  learning, sharing connecting, and contributing, to making our community more fire safe and emergency prepared. We are grateful for all those who attend and who helped make the event possible. Here's a quick recap of the event: 

• Links to Websites for Organizations Who Tabled: 

  • Hawai'i Emergency Management Agency (State) 

  • Department of Emergency Management (County)

  • Department of Hawaiian Homelands 

  • Hawaiian Council 

  • Papakōlea Community Development Corporation

• Takeaways from NLOP Firewise Trivia with Closest Neighbor Teams: 

  • Know thy closest neighbors! Take time to get to know those who live closest to you as they will be the folks you'll have to work with to address an emergency.

  • Plug into NLOP Firewise work days + NLOP meetings to strengthen community, work on collectively safety and resilience. 

• Takeaways fromEmergency Preparedness Panel:

  • Take time to be prepared.

  • Get roads as passable as possible.

  • You're not stuck in traffic, you ARE the traffic.

  • Don't wait for someone to tell you to go, go early. 

• Takeaways from CPR Training with Firefighter Kamehalani Ortiz-->  

  • Steps: Check the scene; shake and shout; call 911; and push hard, push fast. 

  • Doing something is better than doing nothing! 

  • Mouth to mouth no longer required.

• Takeaways from Community Resilience & Emergency Evacuation Planning--> 

  • Resilience is our ability to respond to an emergency or change and come out of it stronger than before. We as a community are resilient AND building/ being resilient takes consistent effort in multiple areas. 

  • Exit and entry points in community are limited. Continue to report areas you identify as a potential threat to the NLOP Firewise team as we prepare to work collaboratively on the issue with DHHL in 2026.