A state budget memo highlights trade-offs the public will make to support the state's response to the Aug. 8 fires.

Luis Salaveria is helping plan an innovative Maui fire victims fund that could also help reduce Hawaiian Electric's liability.

The state says it has no "after action review" of the earlier blaze and if Maui County ever completed its version, it was never widely disseminated.

Roughly three out of every four sirens works at any given time, officials said.

The large number of deaths makes understanding what happened in Lahaina a national concern, investigators say.

Regulation is heavily focused on buildings when counties must decide where to put dwindling resources.

Residents testifying at a Commission on Water Resource Management meeting also said it's time for a new chapter in water management after the Maui fires.

Grass from East Indian sugarcane to African Guinea grass have been introduced to Hawaii for centuries, predating the state's increased risk of wildfire.

While city-owned land makes up a relatively small portion of Oahu, groundskeepers need to be strategically redeployed to stave off wildfires.

Fire officials and landowners have known for years about gaps in Hawaii's firebreaks and fuelbreaks. The problem boils down to money and cooperation.