On November 27, 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 3:29 p.m. and responded to hikers in distress on the Pali Notches Trail in Kailua with 6 units staffed with 18 personnel. The first unit arrived on scene at 3:45 p.m., established command and ascended the trail on foot. The second-arriving unit secured a nearby landing zone to prepare for air operations.

It was reported that three hikers, one male in his 40s and two in their teens, became stuck in a precarious location and were unable to descend the trail on their own. Air 1 inserted rescue personnel near the hiker’s location. Rescue personnel made contact with the hikers at 5:19 p.m. and conducted a medical assessment to verify they were uninjured. The hikers were escorted to a remote landing zone, below cloud cover, where Air 1 could safely airlift them to the landing zone at the Nuuanu reservoir at 10:35 p.m. where medical care was declined.

All HFD personnel were accounted for with no injuries.