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Honolulu, which was the Capital of the Territory of Hawaii, is believed to be the only fire department in the world that has had kings serve as active members with King Kamehameha III, who reigned during the 1850s and King David Kalakaua, during the 1880s working alongside volunteers.
Central Fire Station, about 1901. In 1901, just after the devastating Chinatown fire of 1900, the city of Honolulu had three fire stations. The Central Fire Station at that time was a lava-rock building of two-and-a-half stories designed in 1896 by Clinton Briggs Ripley and C.W. Dickey in the Richardsonian Romanesque style that dominated the downtown area at that time.
But according to HFD Battalion Chief Robert Thurston, who leads the department's aviation wing, it was the assistance from the U.S. Army, Hawaii Air National Guard and state Division of Forestry ...
RELATED PHOTO GALLERY Starting in 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department will fly a new twin-engine helicopter to incidents ranging from searches and rescues to fighting wildland fires across not only ...
Fire departments in the state of Hawaii, United States. ... Honolulu Fire Department This page was last edited on 5 August 2017, at 17:25 (UTC). Text ...
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser December 3, 2023 at 9:02 AM Honolulu Fire Department officials said firecracker permits are now available and must be obtained by Dec. 21 to purchase and use ...
The Hawaii National Guard, together with the U.S. 25th Infantry Division from Schofield Barracks on Oʻahu, deployed to Maui and Hawaii Island to assist with fire suppression support, search and rescue operations, and traffic control. Two UH-60 Blackhawk and one CH-47 Chinook helicopters were also deployed to support fire suppression efforts. [176]
Kacie Yamamoto, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. March 9, 2024 at 12:02 PM. ... "As we work with the Hawaii fire departments to place and test these fire sensors, we are grateful to be able to ...