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“Lieutenant Ray Reimold deployed to Hawaii!
April 8, 2024: Hawaii Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) – Maui Hawaii Wildfires Deployment. In response to a State of Hawaii Emergency Mutual Aid Compact (EMAC) request for assistance, and in coordination with Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Emergency Responder Staff and Marion Fire Lieutenant Ray Reimold was deployed to the Maui Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to assist the Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) as an Operations Section Chief, to oversee and assist with coordination of Federal, State, and County resources to impacted communities as a result of the 2023 Wildfires in Lahaina.
Ray previously deployed in 2017 as a Critical Infrastructure Branch Director in Florida during the immediate response to Hurricane Irma, and deployed in 2018 as an Incident Safety Officer to Puna Hawaii after an eruption of the Kilauea volcano.”-Marion Fire / EMS.
