Hawaii Trip 2013

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I missed a couple of other Maui stations (10 in Kahului, for example), but I did my best.

 

Last up from Maui is the one that I absolutely had to get to:   Station 7 in Hana.    If you're not familiar with it, the Road to Hana (ie. the Hana Highway, Hawai'i Route 31) is a 2 1/2 hour drive covering about 40 miles, with something like 59 single-lane bridges, and 600+ turns!  It gets really crowded, so we left Kapaa at 6:00am to get to Hana before the traffic really got going.

 

The crew at the Hana Fire Station was absolutely great.  These guys do a 3-on, 6-off schedule (!) because Hana is so remote.  About 1/2 of the Station 7 crew actually lives in Hana; the others commute.   There is no such thing as help.  They have to handle everything that comes their way (averages about 1 call a day), including the Hana Highway 45 minutes west and east/southeast about as far.   To handle this they run an Engine, 4x4 Tanker and a Mini.