Recent wildfires ravaging the West Coast highlight the importance of preparation and understanding the threat everywhere, including Hawaii. A team at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will work to improve assessment and communication of unique wildland fire risk the state faces. The UH Manoa Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), the Wildland Fire Extension Program (College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources), and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering) secured nearly $1 million in funding for the project. The grant is from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through partnership and cooperation with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) and UH Manoa.