#Maui Fire Department

The Department of Fire and Public Safety and the State Department of Transportation celebrated the graduation of the 42nd Firefighter Recruit Class on Friday at a ceremony honoring 17 new first responders. The graduation marks the completion of the Maui Fire Department’s 27-week Recruit Training Program. The intensive course is designed to educate, train and […]

The County of Maui’s, Department of Fire and Public Safety announces the sale of New Year’s Eve fireworks starting on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, and ending on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.

Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Kahului Target Store, and various first responders brought holiday cheer to Maui keiki this weekend at its third annual Target “Heroes and Helpers” event.

Maui firefighters responded to a rubbish fire off the Kūihelani Highway in Central Maui on Sunday. The incident was reported at 8:28 a.m. on Nov. 23.

Firefighters responded to two structures fires Wednesday afternoon on Molokaʻi—one in Hoʻolehua and the other on Kalua Koi Road. The cause of both fires is under investigation.

Residents can do the kind of prep work firefighters would to make their homes defensible, and they can do it long before the threat of fire arrives.

The Maui Fire Department will conduct wildland live fire training on Nov. 10, 12, 18 and 19, as part of our 42nd Recruit Class. This training will be conducted in Waikapū, across from the Maui Tropical Plantation.

A brush fire in the fields above Kapalua Airport burned 15 acres and was 100% contained by 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The fire was first reported in fallow agriculture lands at 12:35 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Fire officials say the cause was accidental.

The public is invited to attend two events focused on Community Wildfire and Urban Interface Awareness. The events will be hosted by the Maui County Department of Fire and Public Safety, presented in collaboration with the International Association of Fire Fighters and the Wildfire Conservancy.

Player registration has opened for the annual Wailea Fall Doubles Tennis Tournament, Nov. 8 to 10, 2025, at the Wailea Tennis Club.

Twenty-one firefighter recruits graduated as part of the Maui Fire Department’s 41st Recruit Class on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

Maui fire officials have released details of a preliminary investigation into Tuesday’s Holomua Fire in Pāʻia, and have shared findings with the Maui Police Department for further investigation.

A fire in the area of 2520 Kokomo Road in Haʻikū was declare extinguished at 1:38 p.m.

A brush fire in the area of the Maui Business Park in Central Maui, was extinguished within an hour at 11:10 on Wednesday night.

A structure fire in the remote area of Kahikinui along the south east slopes of Haleakalā was contained overnight at around 12:14 a.m.

An afternoon fire at a home in Kahului was deemed accidental, and was possibly related to an electric bike, according to Maui Fire Department officials.

One person was displaced following a structure fire at a home on Holua Drive in Kahului on Monday morning. A good samaritan was transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center by Emergency Medical Services personnel for injuries suffered while assisting a resident out of the home, according to department reports.

The brush fire reported in Haʻikū near West Kuiaha Road and the Hāna Highway was declared extinguished as of 3:28 p.m.

The Maui Lani brush fire was declared extinguished at 11:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Maui fire crews were called to the scene shortly before 9 p.m. in an area near the Maui Lani LDS Church.

Five residents were displaced by a fire at a Haʻikū home on Tuesday afternoon and were being assisted by the American Red Cross. Fire officials estimated damages from the blaze at $270,000 to the structure and its contents.