Sunday, September 7
10:02 a.m., Kahului
“Harassment at the Walmart customer service counter,” says 911. “The responsible is still out in the parking lot.” Police go.
10:56 a.m., Waihe‘e
“No smoke, just the alarm,” says 911. MFC Engine 1 dispatched to investigate. “No fire,” they report “cancel sending other units.”
1:57 p.m., Mokihau Road
“Report say adults playing basketball out in the road,” intones 911. Squad car.
2:20 p.m., Ha‘iku
Fire Engine 2 crew is asked help lift 300 pound patient out of his home and to the waiting ambulance. They go help.
2:29 p.m., Lana‘i
“Kayaker overboard near Manele Bay,” reports 911. Engine 8 assigned possible ocean rescue.
3:27 p.m., Keawakapu
“Several juveniles said stranded out on the way out rocks,” says 911. “Can’t get back in.” MFC Ladder 14, Engine 14, ride to the rescue.
Monday, September 8
3:45 p.m., Keawakapu
Boat toppled off its trailer and whacked a roadside fire hydrant. “Water gushing 40 feet up in the air,” says the arriving squad car cop. “We need someone here to turn it off! Is water hitting the power lines?” interrupts another cop. “Nope, no power lines,” is the reply, 911 says. “Water Department has been notified. They’ll call us back with an ETA.”
3:57 p.m., Ka‘anapali
Bomb threat against major hotel. “Hispanic-sounding female, according to the PBX operator,” says Maui 911. “Called in from a phone number in Kihei.” After lightning-fast tracing of the number from which the bomb threat originated, various authorities close in on a residence where that phone is located.
Tuesday, September 9
10:37 a.m., Maui
More training exercises for cadet future firefighters dominate 911airwaves all morning.
1:30 p.m., Ka‘anapali
“General alarm of fire at a major hotel,” says 911. “No specific area.” Fire engines rush, but find nothing at all like that.
6:20 p.m., Ho‘okipa
“Cow on the road near Ho‘okipa Beach Park,” says 911. Squad car.
7 p.m., Pauwela
Air One lifts off from Kahului Airport to help locate a vessel that set off a distress alarm. And it finds the boat “about five miles off Pauwela lighthouse,” says the pilot and firefighters watching from shore. In the fading light of sunset, they all keep an eagle eye on the disabled boat and its crew.
Wednesday, September 10
8:00 a.m., Haleakala
Bicyclist said to have overshot the turn, and reportedly flown 30 feet or more down a mountainside embankment. Police, medics are dispatched, emergency, to the mile seven, area of Crater Road. A report soon comes that the injured party, lone male in his mid-twenties, does not remember flying over the edge at all. In the tour van now, has multiple lacerations, and maybe broken bones.
8:28 a.m., Maui Meadows
That days long brush fire is reportedly rearing a few of its ugly heads again. A command post is set up by South Maui Fire Control units to monitor some areas that apparently rekindled overnight.
8:35 a.m., Kahana Village
“Motorcycle on fire, completely engulfed,” says 911. MFC Engine11 dispatched. Puts that fire out, quickly.
9:16 a.m., Olinda
“Unattended toddlers, two of them, playing innocently in the middle of the road fronting a blue house,” says an anonymous 911 caller. Squad car dispatched.
2:26 p.m., Haleakala at Hali‘imaile
“Code 1 (motor vehicle crash), head on, airbags deployed,’ says 911. “Females bleeding from the head and mouth.” MFC Engine 2, Rescue 10 and Ambulance 2 respond. “One female with chest injury can’t move.”
6:50 p.m., Makawao
“Male party claims someone threw a plate of food at him.” Squad car.
Thursday, September 11
7:55 a.m., Kahului
“Resident afraid to leave his house,” he says, because two pit bulls are running around in his yard.” Squad car to Ala Makani. “Those dogs are vicious,” comments 911 after they are restrained by police. “One tried to attack an officer.”
8:48 a.m., Kahului
Moment of radio silence observed in memory of the 2001 attacks.
9:11 a.m., Lahaina
Mother, while chasing her disobedient daughter through Wharf Center begs 911 for police help. Squad car dispatched on “beyond parental” basis.
Friday, September 12
8:50 a.m., Wailuku
Fire truck crew reports that while rolling by, they were hailed because a 42-year-old female had just collapsed in the roadway near Minute Stop. They are automatically first responders.
9:35 a.m., Hai‘ku
Caller complains that the gray pit bull dog tied to a tree nearby has been barking nonstop all morning. 911 dispatches a squad car.
1:15 p.m., Pu‘uohala Heiau area
“House ablaze at Wailuku Country Estates,” says 911. Air One helicopter, multiple ground fire control units dispatched to old Pu‘uohala Camp area. “Lots of black smoke,” say early arriving fire units. They set about protecting nearby houses as well. Young cadets, in firefighter training all week, are given permission to head there from Wailea.