On November 10, 2026, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 10:58 a.m. and responded to a hiker in distress on the Mānoa Falls Trail in Mānoa with 6 units staffed with 17 personnel. The first unit arrived on scene at 11:03 a.m. and ascended the trail on foot. The second-arriving unit established a command post to coordinate rescue operations.
It was reported that a female hiker in her 40s experienced an injury on the trail and was unable to continue. Fire fighters on foot arrived at the hiker’s location at 11:09 a.m. where they conducted a medical assessment, provided basic life support, and prepared her for extraction from the trail utilizing a single-wheel extrication device.
The hiker was safely taken to the trailhead where medical care was transferred to Emergency Medical Services at 11:56 a.m.
All HFD personnel were accounted for with no injuries.