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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 5:01 alarm Monday (July 18) to Hakalau Beach Park for seven swimmers swept into the ocean in a flash flood of Hakalau Stream. Crews were unable to locate victims from shore. The Fire Department Chopper One was able to locate the victims in deep water and deployed two rescue swimmers. […]

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Plane crash survivors rescued at 11:35 a.m. Friday (July 15) about nine miles north of the Kona International Airport about a mile and half offshore.

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Rescue crews responded to a 6:29 p.m. alarm Wednesday (June 8) to the Kahaualea Natural Area Reserve in the Volcano area for a lost hunter. Near sunset the hunter’s girlfriend called 911 and said the hunter called via cellphone and said he was lost and that he felt like, ‘he was walking in circles and […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 6:53 a.m. alarm Tuesday (May 3) to assist the Coast Guard in rescuing a man and his sailboat about 11 miles northeast of Hawaii Island.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 1:50 p.m. alarm Saturday (Jan 23) to Kilauea Iki Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for an injured hiker. A 54 year-old woman was hiking with her daughter across the floor of Kilauea Iki Crater then wandered about 50 feet off the trail. The woman lost her balance on some […]

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At 12:33 p.m. Saturday (Jan 16) Rescue crews responded to the ‘End of the World’ shoreline area near Alii Drive in Keauhou after two people were swept into the ocean. A group of young adults were sitting in a tidepool when a large wave enveloped the group and pulled a 19-year-old man and 19-year-old woman […]

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Fire/rescue responded to a 1:08 p.m. alarm Tuesday (Jan 12) to Rainbow Falls for a woman who was injured after jumping off the waterfall. Fire dispatch reports that bystanders saw two women in their 20s jump off the 80-foot tall Rainbow Falls. One woman was injured after the jump. Both women were helped to the […]

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A 29-year-old man died Monday (January 4) after being crushed by a large branch while cutting a tree in North Kohala. He has been identified as Andrew A. Ankner, who has no permanent address.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:33 p.m. alarm Saturday (Sept 26) to the shoreline off Kaloli Point at Hawaiian Paradise Park for a missing fisherman. A witness saw the fisherman swept off the shoreline cliff by high surf conditions. The man was last seen in the water about 50 meters off shore.

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Rescue crews responded to a 7:18 p.m. alarm Sunday (Sept 20) to Mauna Loa for a lost hiker. A 42-year-old Japanese visitor got lost while hiking on the Mauna Loa trail about 1.5 miles above the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory. The man had been hiking all day, was caught in heavy rain, strong winds and […]

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Rescue crews spent a second day Tuesday (Sept 15) at Wailuku River Boiling Pots State Park in search of a missing swimmer. The 62-year-old woman was last seen at 5:30 p.m. Monday (Sept 14) in the upper pond area of the Boiling Pots floating on an inflatable tube. The woman fell off and was unable […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:48 p.m. alarm Monday (Aug 17) to the Lalakea Trail near Waipo Valley. Rescue crews from Honokaa arrived to find 14 people in two separate groups from an ATV tour stranded on the opposite side of a flash flood which blocked their exit from the trail system.

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:10 p.m. alarm Thursday (July 23) to Piihonua Bridge to rescue two injured people in a pond at the base of a waterfall. Crews found a male and female below the falls at the edge of the whitewater who could not get out due to their injuries. The pair were […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 3:23 p.m. alarm Wednesday (April 22) to the open ocean about 400 yards off Honolii Beach Park for a pair sailors in distress. Rescuers found two females, who are visitors to the Big Island, sitting on the hull of an overturned 14-foot sailboat. Using a Billy Pugh net Chopper One […]

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