HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Fire Department says its new helicopter has been pretty busy so far in its two months in operation. Despite the cost to fly, HFD says it will respond to any and all calls for help.
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It’s a day of training for the Honolulu Fire Department’s Search and Rescue teams. For one, to always be ready for any type of emergency. And two, because they want to get more firefighters up to speed on their new rescue tool – this Bell 429 helicopter.
“Training more guys on the helicopter so that we can get more people up in the mountains and more people that are ready to help with the rescue,” said Capt. Adrian Carvalho, HFD Search and Rescue.
“It’s very exciting, it’s very fun,” said Pilot Zachary Potter, HRD Search and Rescue. “We definitely feel a great sense of responsibility and pride of helping the people of Oahu and keeping everyone safe.”…