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Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a notification at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, requesting transport for a 44-year-old patient who was experiencing a severe abdominal condition.

Falck USA filed a notice of protest today with the Hawai‘i Department of Health regarding the recent award of emergency medical services contracts for Maui and Kaua‘i counties.

Councilmember Shane M. Sinenci announced that the Water Authority, Social Services and Parks Committee will receive a presentation from the state Department of Health Monday at 9 a.m. on the new procurement process for emergency-medical services in Maui County.

The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at 11:45 a.m.

These new sirens are part of the Statewide Siren Modernization Project. Residents nearby may hear the siren sound six to eight times for 30-second to one-minute intervals during the identified time-frame.

SB23 SD1 HD1 would appropriate funds out of the EMS Special Fund to establish a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, emergency medical response vehicle unit at Maʻalaea on Maui.

  UPDATE:  12:49 P.M. 10/20/09  Following an air surveillance by helicopter conducted at noon today that showed no sightings of sharks in the area, County ocean safety officers and DLNR officials re-opened the shoreline waters from Kamaole 1 Beach Park to Waiohuli Road. The area was closed yesterday and this morning following a shark attack […]

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a free diver from shores off Lanai yesterday.  52-year-old Bruno Ambay had been reported missing Monday morning by friends who had been free diving with him about four miles off Manele Bay.  Ambay was spotted swimming along a rocky shoreline area about two hours later, and was hoisted by helicopter […]