#EMS

Coast Guard, Hawaiʻi Life Flight transports patient from Big Island to Honolulu

December 27, 2024 · 2:30 AM UTC
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 files protest on Emergency Medical Services contract award to competitor AMR on Maui and Kauaʻi

May 31, 2024 · 10:46 PM UTC
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.

Council committee to discuss new procurement process for emergency-medical services

November 25, 2023 · 10:00 PM UTC
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.

Aug. 1 Siren and Emergency Alert System Test

August 1, 2016 · 4:49 PM UTC
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.

Siren Testing on Maui March 30 and 31

March 28, 2016 · 6:56 PM UTC
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.

Maʻalaea Medical Response Unit Among Bills Advanced by House

April 10, 2013 · 8:52 PM UTC
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.

South Maui Beach Reopen Following Monday Morning Shark Attack

October 19, 2009 · 6:17 PM UTC
  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 […]

COAST GUARD RESCUES FREE DIVER OFF LANAI

January 27, 2009 · 6:29 PM UTC
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 […]