Description: The original Hawaii CAR mapsintended to be used as a decision-support tool to assist with the prioritization of the National Fire Plan and other related projects across ownerships and jurisdictions throughout state of Hawaii. These 2013 Hawaii CAR data were based off of Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization’s 2013 statewide Wildfire Hazard Assessment (WHA) which collected quantitative field data and qualitative firefighting capacity data of 36 hazard characteristics that contribute to wildland fire risk in subdivisions (visit hawaiiwildfire.org or email admin@hawaiiwildfire.org). DOFAW personnel reviewed the WHA and then made adjustments to better reflect consistency across CAR maps, which communicate risk based risk levels on staff experience.These maps are a planning tool only. Since the nature of some hazards and risk are that they have the capacity to change rapidly and/or frequently, these maps do not guarantee that a community’s hazard level are the same now as they were when rated, nor do they guarantee a community’s level of risk or safety to be what is indicated on the map.Note: Zone layer is something that DOFAW personnel included in 2013, but has since requested not to be used/displayed because it is no longer a relevant or usable feature.
Copyright Text: These 2013 Hawaii CAR data were based off of Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization’s 2013 statewide Wildfire Hazard Assessment (WHA) which collected quantitative field data and qualitative firefighting capacity data of 36 hazard characteristics that contribute to wildland fire risk in subdivisions (visit hawaiiwildfire.org or email admin@hawaiiwildfire.org). DOFAW personnel reviewed the WHA and then made adjustments to better reflect consistency across CAR maps, which communicate risk based risk levels on staff experience.