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It has been nearly 50 years since the state last had a Fire Marshal, but now Dori Booth is on the job, coming at the start of ...

Friends and neighbors are remembering the elderly woman who lost her life in this weekend’s fire in Maili as a kind soul who ...

Lahaina Street runs through the heart of Makaha, a neighborhood in a west Oahu community that's a lot like the Lahaina on ...

"You get to be a fully trained firefighter, a fully trained police officer and on top of that you do EMT work, giving the community well-rounded service all the way," he told San Jose Spotlight. "As a ...

Calvin Endo's Waianae neighborhood, like Lahaina, faces wildfire threats exacerbated by overgrown brush and high winds. Despite the risks, only now is Waianae moving towards Firewise status, a program ...

Scattered gusts of wind blowing up to 30 miles per hour, and the dry conditions that can turn a spark into wildfire. That’s ...

A teenage girl was rescued by the Honolulu Fire Department after being injured at the Makapuu Tidepools in Hawaii Kai and ...

Even before the bill signing officially establishing the job of state Fire Marshal, newly appointed Dori Booth was already on ...

A GoFundMe page has been created to support the family of 94-year-old Maria Pascaul, who passed away from the Maili wildland fire.

Laid-off employees ranged from those working in firefighter health programs, to those approving new respirators.

A Bloomington firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion and two residents were displaced after a Saturday morning house fire, officials said.