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Researchers from University of Hawai‘i at Hilo develop framework for ‘Firefighter Syndrome’
Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo shed light on the physical and mental risks that firefighters can face in their work.
Former Big Island civil defense chief hired as interim Maui Emergency Management Agency administrator
Darryl Oliveira will take over day-to-day operations of the Valley Isle’s emergency management agency, including response to the Maui wildfire disaster, as of Aug. 28.
Firefighters from Hawaiian Islands train at Pōhakuloa Training Area
The structural firefighting training was coordinated by the Hawai‘i Fire Department and taught by a subject matter expert from the Seattle Fire Department.
What profession received the most votes in Big Island Now’s weekly poll?
More than 900 people voted in last week’s Big Island Now poll, which asked, “What is the toughest job?” Find out which profession came out on top.
Hawai‘i County Council pays tribute to fallen Maui firefighter with Big Island connection
Tre Evans-Dumaran is a 2016 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i in Kea‘au. He died Saturday after spending more than a week in the intensive care unit at a Maui hospital after being sucked into a storm drain and washed out to sea on Jan. 27 while responding to an emergency call during flash flooding in Kīhei.
