HONOLULU (KHON2) -- A new proposal aims to move the state Fire Marshal position from the state to the Department of Defense. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You In 1979, the State Legislature abolished the Fire Marshal position and created the State Fire Council instead, composed of county fire chiefs and more. Shortly after the devastating Lahaina wildfires, the House created six working groups to make suggestions on the state's fire resiliency. Bringing back a Fire Marshal was one of them. Hawaiian Electric to close Shift and Save program to new enrollments The same year, the State Legislature approved bringing it back. In a Thursday, Jan. 9 meeting, the DOD requested $3.3 million from the state to help run the re-established position. The state, however, only budgeted $170,000 to cover two staff members who would fall under the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Discussions to move it over have only just begun. "Looking at the Maui wildland fires, which we participated in a lot, looking at the most recent event that occurred on New Year's Day and then of course, the tragic loss of that firefighter and the hospitalization of the other injured firefighters, we see a real need to operationalize that concept as quickly as possible," said Maj. General Stephen Logan, Hawaii Adjutant General. Maj. General Logan later added, "If it does move to us, this is an attempt to try to secure funding so we can hit the ground running as quickly as possible." Check out more news from around Hawaii Hawaii is the only state in the nation without a current Fire Marshal.