RESEARCH & DATA
Data is a valuable tool for the disaster recovery and preparedness process. This section is a curated list of reports, data sets, and surveys related to recent disaster events and emergencies in Hawai‘i.
United for Recovery Maui Strong Fund® 2-Year Impact Report
A comprehensive look at the Maui Strong Fund® and the work of the Hawai‘i Community Foundations in the two years after the August 2023 Maui Wildfires.
Type:
Report
Author:
Hawai`i Community Foundation
Tagnawa Comprehensive Report
An official Tagnawa Comprehensive Report on the Needs and Recovery of Filipino Survivors of the Lahaina Fires
Type:
Report
Author:
Tagnawa
Hawai‘i Wildfires Media Analysis Report
An official FEMA report about the Hawai‘i Wild Fires.
Type:
Report
Author:
FEMA
One year after the wildfires: Rising poverty and housing instability point to ongoing gaps in assistance
There is a pervasive data gap that hampers monitoring Maui’s socioeconomic recovery after the devastating wildfires in August 2023. Most regularly collected administrative records (e.g. unemployment claims) and federal survey data are aggregated to the county level and are often
only released with a substantial time lag, limiting their usefulness for timely decision-making.
Type:
Report
Author:
UHERO
Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii offers suggestions to federal, state and Maui County officials regarding how to facilitate the rebuilding of homes and other structures in Lahaina that were destroyed or damaged by the wildfires of August 2023.
Type:
Report
Author:
Grassroot Institute of Hawai‘i
The Maui Together Wildfire Assessment Final Report
Findings from a survey of 2,097 residents of Maui County and 1,105 fire-impacted individuals.
Type:
Report
Author:
Hawai`i State Rural Health Association
Lahaina Fire Incident Analysis Report
This document is the second in a series of three (3) reports
commissioned by the Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General
(DOAG) to provide an independent review of the tragic fire that
destroyed much of Lahaina, Hawaiʻi, on August 8-9, 2023.
Type:
Report
Author:
Hawai‘i Department of the Attorney General
United for Recovery Maui Strong Fund® 1-Year Impact Report
A comprehensive look at the Maui Strong Fund® and the work of the Hawai‘i Community Foundations during the and after the August 2023 Maui Wildfires.
Type:
Report
Author:
Hawai`i Community Foundation
Hawai‘i Wildfires One-Year Report
An official American Red Cross Publication about the Hawai‘i Wild Fires.
Type:
Report
Author:
American Red Cross









