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PROCLAMATION TERMINATING THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION AND
EMERGENCY RULE NO. 1 RELATING TO RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED ON JULY 31, 2025

               WHEREAS, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Red Flag Warning at IAM HST on July 31, 2025, which extended into August 3, 2025, for wind and low relative humidity affecting the leeward portions of all the Hawaiian Islands and the interior sections of the Big Island, including South-Big Island, Southeast-Kohala, and the Big Island Interior; and

               WHEREAS, on July 31, 2025, pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) 127A14(b), the Charter of the County of Hawai'i 13-23, Hawai'i County Code 7-1-6(a), and based on the available data, I found that an emergency or disaster was occurring or that there was an imminent danger or threat of an emergency or a disaster to the County of Hawai'i, as those terms are defined in HRS 127 A-2, and issued the "Emergency Proclamation and Emergency Rule No. I Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued on July 31, 2025"; and

               WHEREAS, pursuant to HRS 127A-25 and 127A-29(a), 1 also promulgated
Emergency Rule No. I that prohibited all outdoor burning, all outdoor open flames, and all "hot work" in the areas covered by the "Emergency Proclamation and Emergency Rule No. I Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued on July 31, 2025"; and

               WHEREAS, at 4.•03PM HST on August 3, 2025, the NWS cancelled its Red Flag
Warnings after it determined that the relative humidities were slowly recovering by the afternoon and winds had eased enough to fall below Red Flag thresholds; and

               NOW, THEREFORE, 1, C. KIMO ALAMEDA, Mayor of the County of Hawai'i, do hereby proclaim and declare, effective August , 2025, that the "Emergency Proclamation and Emergency Rule No. I Relating to Red Flag Warning Issued on July 31, 2025" is terminated pursuant to HRS 127A-14(c), (d), as I find that the dangers, threats, or circumstances giving rise to that emergency proclamation no longer necessitate a local state of emergency. Emergency Rule No. I is no longer in effect.

                              County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

                                  Done at the County of Hawai'i, this 7th day of August 2025