# hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo # pale ahi # mahiʻai # palekana # lako uila # pūnaehana hoʻomehana # ʻike ahi # ʻōnaewele ʻōwīwī # nā mea hiki ke ʻā.
Ua lilo nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i mea kaulana i ka mahiʻai ma muli o ko lākou hiki ke hana i nā kūlana ulu kūpono no nā mea kanu. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kēia mau hale i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he pilikia nui i ke ahi inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia nā hana palekana kūpono. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā ʻikepili hou loa e pili ana i ke ahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koʻikoʻi no ka poʻe mahiʻai, agronomists, ʻenekinia mahiʻai, a me nā mea mahiʻai e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i ke ahi i loko o kā lākou hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike a ka National Fire Protection Association, ua manaʻo ʻia he 830 mau ahi hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e loaʻa ana he $20 miliona i ka pōʻino waiwai. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau ahi ke kumu o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka uila, ka hana ʻino ʻana o nā mea hana wela, a me ka mālama pono ʻole ʻana i nā mea puhi ahi.
No ka pale ʻana i ke ahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo, pono e hana i nā nānā mālama mau i nā lako uila a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomehana. Hoʻopili kēia i ka nānā ʻana i nā uwila, ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻāpana i pōʻino a i ʻeha paha, a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ea kūpono. He mea nui nō hoʻi ka mālama pono ʻana i nā mea puhi ahi e like me nā pesticides a me nā mea hoʻomomona ma kahi kaʻawale a me ka makani maikaʻi mai nā kumu wela.
ʻO kekahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka pale ʻana i ke ahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻōnaehana ʻike ahi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Hoʻopili kēia i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mea ʻike uahi, nā ʻōhua ahi, a me nā ʻōnaehana sprinkler. Hoʻomaopopo pū ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea kinai ahi ma ka lima inā he ahi liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i ke ahi i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo he mea nui ia no ka palekana o nā mea kanu, nā limahana mahiʻai, a me ka holomua holoʻokoʻa o nā hana mahiʻai. Ma ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koʻikoʻi, hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai, agronomists, ʻenekinia mahiʻai, a me nā mea nona ka mahiʻai ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ke ahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hōʻoia i ka palekana o kā lākou ʻoihana.