On July 22, 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 5:14 p.m. and responded to hikers in distress on the Maꞌili Pillbox Trail in Maꞌili with 7 units staffed with 18 personnel. The first unit arrived on scene at 5:18 p.m., established command and ascended the trail on foot. The second-arriving company secured a nearby landing zone to prepare for air operations.

It was reported that three female hikers in their teens and 20s became lost and unable to find their way back to the trail. Air 1 located the hikers and inserted rescue personnel to their location where they conducted a medical assessment and confirmed all hikers were uninjured. Air 1 and Air 2 worked together to airlift all three hikers to the nearby landing zone where they declined medical attention.

All HFD personnel were accounted for with no injuries.