project brief
Completed a detailed fire behavior and progression analysis for the 2023 Lahaina Fire in Lahaina, Hawaii, reviewing available data to reconstruct how the incident evolved over time and space. The work focused on documenting fire spread pathways, intensity patterns, and key transition points that influenced community impacts.
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client
Lahaina, HI
start date
Aug 8, 2023
end date
Aug 8, 2024
innovative process
The challenge
Analyze an extremely fast-moving urban-interface fire in complex terrain and coastal wind environments, where limited time-stamped data and widespread destruction complicated reconstruction of the event.
project goals
Rebuild a defensible timeline of fire spread and behavior, identify critical factors driving extreme fire runs, and translate technical findings into clear narrative and visual products for non-technical audiences.
the result
A structured fire progression analysis that clarifies how the Lahaina Fire developed, supports hazard and cause-and-effect evaluations, and provides a technical foundation for future planning, mitigation, and potential legal or policy review.
recent projects
Fire Behavior Modeling, Fire Spread Analysis and Perimeter Progression Mapping
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