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Distressed Couple Rescued Off Kahala BeachDecember 4, 2022
Honolulu Ocean Safety assisted in the rescue of a couple off of Kahala Beach Sunday afternoon. The 911 call for two swimmers in distress came in just before 3:45 p.m. Lifeguards responded via jet ski while a Good Samaritan in the area, assisted the two onto his vessel. Lifeguards transferred the male and female, both said to be 26-years old, […]
Honolulu Ocean Safety Rescues Father and Son Off Kahana BayNovember 29, 2022
Honolulu Ocean Safety rescued a father and his 12-year old son Tuesday night after their 10- boat lost power just outside of Kahana Bay. The 911 distress call came in at 5:30 p.m. Lifeguards responded from Ehukai Beach Park on O'ahu's north shore. When they arrived, lifeguards launched their jet ski and located the pair drifting about a […]
Honolulu Ocean Safety Rescues 32 On O'ahu's North ShoreNovember 13, 2022
Honolulu Ocean Safety rescued 32 people Sunday, on Oahu's north shore and made more than 2,900 preventative actions. The majority of the rescues were at Waimea Bay, including a 22-year old military resident who was suffered an injury when he got washed up in the shore break. Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded and evaluated the patent, who […]
Honolulu Ocean Safety Rescues Two Stranded KayakersNovember 7, 2022
Honolulu Ocean Safety with the Honolulu Fire Department responded to a 911 call this morning for two kayakers, in distress in the waters off of Portlock near Spitting Caves. The call came in from a witness on shore just after 8:00am. The kayakers, a male and female, both 81-years O'ahu residents, were separated from their kayaks and found standing […]
Honolulu Ocean Safety Rescues Two Divers Off of Lānaʻi LookoutOctober 10, 2022
Honolulu Ocean Safety rescued two divers off of Lānaʻi Lookout this morning. The 911 call came in at 8:40am. Ocean Safety responded via jet ski and made contact with the divers just near the mouth of Hanauma Bay. After assessing the two scuba divers, lifeguards brought the male, 25, and female, 32, to shore safely with no […]
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The deadly drug fentanyl has surfaced in Honolulu. Hawaii News Now talks to EMS about what crews are seeing on the road.
Read the hawaii news now storyPreliminary Investigations Find Oxygen Connection Started Ambulance Fire
Separate investigations conducted on the fire that erupted in an EMS ambulance in August 2022, found it sparked when the main oxygen link was connected to a portable oxygen tank.
Read the Story on civil beatHESD Director Gives Update On The EMS Ambulance Fire
Honolulu Emergency Services Department Director Jim Ireland gives an update on the tragic ambulance fire, that left a patient dead and an EMS paramedic critically injured.
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