On December 6, 2023, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a third-party 911
call at 5:08 p.m. for a possible missing hiker on the Ohana-Mahalo Trail in Waimanalo
and responded with 1 unit staffed with 4 personnel to investigate. The first unit arrived
at the scene and upgraded the response with 5 units staffed with 18 personnel. It was
reported that the missing hiker was found expired approximately 45 minutes into the trail
by his friends who set out to look for him when he did not make contact after several
hours.

Rescue personnel with HFD’s Air 1 arrived at the hiker’s location, packaged the victim
then transported him to the landing zone where care was transferred to the Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) at 7:12 p.m.

All HFD personnel were accounted for with no reports of injuries.