Bayfront Offshore Ocean Rescue Official Report
12″51pm Saturday, 8/7/2021
3 Rescued
8 HFD apparatus; 13 HFD personnel
Company 1, Rescue Company 2 and Batallion Chief responded to the report of a small partially submerged boat about 100 yards off shore with victims in the water. E1 with the BC were able to keep eyes on: the three victims, their dog and boat, while the Rescue Boat and SKI-1 launched from Wailoa Harbor. Once on scene, SKI-1 transferred the victims from their boat to the Rescue Boat. The boat was then towed to the nearby sandy shoreline, and the occupants were taken to Wailoa Harbor for evaluation by Medic 1. HFD would like to remind all boat captains to provide life vests for all aboard their boats.
Vessel took on water.
Off Shore
Small recreational dinghy type vessel nearly submerged approx. 100 yards off shore, with three people in the water and a dog still in the boat. Hilo Bay
