The University of Hawaii’s National Disaster Preparedness Training Center awarded Maui County its 2026 Community Resilience Leadership Award for recovery efforts following the 2023 wildfires. This marks the first time the award has been given to an entire county government.
- Maui County received the first-ever county-wide Community Resilience Leadership Award from the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center.
- The award recognizes the county’s leadership and commitment to recovery following the 2023 Maui wildfires.
- The recognition highlights cross-departmental collaboration including planning, housing, public works, and first responders.
- Recovery efforts have become a case study for linking education, training and real-world disaster response capacity building.
Source: Maui Now
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