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Honolulu Fire Department

The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) is the consolidated fire service for the City and County of Honolulu — the entire island of Oʻahu, approximately one million residents across 600 square miles, the only fire department in the United States that covers an entire major island. The department fields about 1,100 uniformed members from around 45 fire stations and provides structural fire suppression, advanced life support emergency medical first response (Honolulu Emergency Services Department, separate from HFD, operates 911 ambulance transport), technical rescue, hazardous materials response, marine firefighting and ocean rescue (HFD operates fireboats and dedicated ocean-rescue units along Oʻahu's substantial coastline), wildland firefighting in the island's interior, and aircraft rescue and firefighting at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. The combination of urban, mountain, wildland-interface, and ocean response in a single agency is operationally distinctive. Firefighter recruitment is administered by the City and County of Honolulu Department of Human Resources. The Fire Fighter Recruit I exam does not require prior firefighting knowledge; the process includes a written test, physical ability test, and structured interview, with successful candidates placed on an eligibility list. Recruits then attend a 26-34 week training programme. Bluewatch is a directory.

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