Honolulu Fire Department

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Honolulu Fire Department
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Honolulu Fire Department

• The island of Oahu spans over 600 square miles
• The HFD manages the island by dividing the island
  into five battalions

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Honolulu Fire Department

• 42 Fire Stations, a fireboat facility, and an
  aircraft hangar are strategically placed to
  provide services to the community

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2008 Significant Events

• On September 4, 2008 in the early evening, HFD
  received a call for assistance in a USCG
  helicopter crash five miles offshore of Honolulu
  International Airport
• Within the first hour, HFD deploys resources and
  recover the bodies of three of four crew members
• HFD joins a multi-agency search effort for the
  fourth crew member
• Over the course of three days, a systematic
  search covers an area of 3000 square miles
• The helicopter crash claims the lives of three
  members and the fourth member is never found

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2008 Significant Events
Homeland security concerns are dismissed
One fatality and three others injured
Investigation confirms industrial accident
Waste oil tank is ignited by welders causing an
explosion
Industrial Explosion
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Goals and Objectives

• Incident Management Team
• HFD Representative to NFA for IMT Training
• State Team (Type 3)
• Designated (AHIMT) All Hazards IMT
• Hawaii did not have a State Representative
• Fire Departments may inherit role as AHIMT

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Goals and Objectives

• Enhanced mutual aid between different Counties
• The Superferry enters the Hawaii market
• HFD conducts apparatus loading exercises
• Develop an MOA with the Superferry and a mutual
  aid plan with other Counties

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GRANTS

• URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE - UASI
• ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT - AFG
• STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM - SHSGP
• Build capabilities at the State and local level
  through planning, organization, equipment,
  training, and exercise activities
• Supports Homeland Security Strategies and
  National Preparedness Goals
• VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DOFAW Grant

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DOFAW Grants

• Purpose Organizing, training, and acquiring
  equipment for wild land firefighting
• 100,000 grant with 50 matching funds
• 1 ½ year performance period
• HFD has received an annual grant award since 2002

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DOFAW Grants

• Equipment
• Brush turnouts, helmets, chain saws, hoses,
  nozzles, back packs, ice machines, buoy walls,
  bambi buckets, foam, tools to support our
  wildland program
• Compressed Air Foam System
• Portable CAFS
• Retrofit Tanker
• Purchase 7 Engines with CAFS (take delivery by
  the end of the year)

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DOFAW Grants

• Training
• IMT Training
• Information Officer
• Planning
• Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190)
• Firefighting Training (S-130)
• Wildland Power Saw Class (S-212)
• Dozer Operations / Firing Class
• Fire Simulation Training

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DOFAW Grants

• Conferences

The Honolulu Fire Department supports the efforts
of CNH and DOFAW via active participation
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DOFAW Grants

• HFD will be utilizing grant funds to provide IMT
  training for fire personnel and selected agency
  representatives
• Training is scheduled for December 2008
• HFD will follow this training with position
  specific training

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Chain Saw Class
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Firefighting Training
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Honolulu Fire Department
Mahalo and Aloha