Pololu Valley Stranded Hikers Official Report
1:53pm, Monday 1/18/2021
8 HFD apparatus including 2 choppers
15 HFD personnel
NINE SOULS ON EAST SIDE OF RIVER UNABLE TO CROSS DUE TO HEAVY MAUKA RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
Cause: Flash Flooding
MULTIPLE COMPANIES RESPONDED TO POLOLU VALLEY FOR HIKERS STRANDED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY FLOOR RIVER. REPORTING PARTY STATED THAT THERE WERE NINE PEOPLE UNABLE TO CROSS THE RIVER DUE TO HEAVY MAUKA RAIN AND SWIFT FLOWING WATER. ALL NINE PEOPLE WERE EXTRACTED VIA FIRE DEPARTMENT HELICOPTER UP TO THE LANDING ZONE AT THE VALLEY LOOKOUT. ALL HIKERS WERE IN GOOD HEALTH AND WITHOUT INJURY NOT REQUIRING EMS SERVICES.
POLOLU VALLEY EAST RIVER BANK.
