Collaboration has been critical in making progress on a key component of fire safety in communities across the county.

A new horseshoe-shaped road around Lahainaluna High School is intended to slow the spread of wildfires and give firefighters better access to the area so they can more easily battle the flames.

The firebreak, which involved dozens of volunteers working with government agencies to clear 9 acres of dry brush above campus last month, is among the latest fire protections for the West Maui community in its ongoing recovery from the deadly August 2023 fires.

While firebreaks — roads or wide belts of soil where there is no vegetation to feed a fire — and fuel breaks — areas where vegetation is reduced or replaced with less flammable species to slow the spread of a fire — have

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