County of Hawai'i P25 Public Safety System - West Hawai'i 

Location: Hōlualoa, HI (Elevation: 990 ft)

Equipment: Whistler TRX-2 with Maxterra External Mounted Antenna

Agencies included:

Hawai'i Fire Department (Includes EMS and Ocean Safety) - West Hawai'i (Battalion 2) Districts:
1. Kona (North and South)
2. Kohala (North and South)
3. Ka'ū*

Hawai'i Police Department (HPD) - Area II - Districts Covered:
1. Kona (includes North and South)
2. South Kohala
3. North Kohala
4. Ka'ū*

* Both HFD and HPD Ka’u talkgroups can be heard on the East Hawai'i Scanner Feed. Periodically, HPD talkgroups are heard more on East Hawai'i Scanner Feed due to radio coverage and the location of officers.

Broadcaster Notes to All Listeners:

• Radio Coverage around parts of Hawai'i Island - including West Hawai'i has limited or sporadic radio coverage and audio broadcasted can sound distorted or garble at any time. This is out of our control and we will do our best to make adjustments to any issues that arise. However, some channels are partially encrypted, some audio may sound garbled. 
• This scanner feed will go offline on the 1st Friday Nights of each month from 11:00 pm to 11:30 pm for regular equipment feed maintenance.
• Should the event of a power & internet outage, the scanner may remain offline for a prolonged amount of time until a troubleshooter can restore power and reconnect the scanner back to the online server. We ask for the public’s patience, should that situation arise.
• All EMS Hospital-to-Field, Police Tactical, Car-to-Car, SWAT, and Detective Talkgroups/Channels have been locked out in accordance/compliance with Broadcastify Terms of Service (TOS). None of these channels will be nor allowed to be unlocked under any circumstances. 
• During events of police situations (such as manhunts, hostage, missing persons, and other police-sensitive situations):
  • DO NOT tweet or post police movements during that time to protect the first responders at the scene or responding to the scene.
    • Should a discovery of such posts or tweets on any social media platform is found, we reserve the right to take our feed offline, to help protect our first responders and potential victims at the scene as well. We will bring the scanner feed online again once the situation is declared over.
• During events of serious, critical, or fatal incidents (including vehicle accidents, rescues, medical, and public incidents):
  • Please DO NOT tweet or post moment-by-moment events happening at the scene or information related to that incident (including graphic details) and ask everyone to be sensitive to the situation that is ongoing and to the potential victims at the scene. This will ensure the affected families are appropriately notified of the incident by authorities.
    • Should a discovery of such posts or tweets on any social media platform is found, we again reserve the right to take our feed offline, to help protect our first responders and potential victims at the scene as well. We will bring the scanner feed online again once the situation is declared over.

Hawai'i Police Department (HPD) - Area II - Callsigns

• South Kohala - District 4: 400 Units
• North Kohala - District 5: 500 Units
• Kona District (North and South) District 6: 600 Units
• Ka'ū District 7: 700 Units

Hawai'i Police Department (HPD) - Radio 10-Codes:

• 10-1 Return to Station
• 10-2 Call by Phone
• 10-3 Meet Officer
• 10-4 Acknowledge
• 10-5 Location
• 10-6 Repeat Message
• 10-7 Arrival at Scene
• 10-8 Back in Service
• 10-9 Out of Service
• 10-10 EMS/Medics Requested
• 10-11 Fast Response Needed
• 10-12 Lavatory
• 10-13 Call Home
• 10-14 Meal
• 10-15 Officer in Trouble
• 10-16 Prisoner/Subject in Custody/Transport (Mileage Given)
• 10-17 Direct Traffic
• 10-18 Test Signal/Officer Signing On
• 10-19 Traffic Accident
• 10-27 Drivers License Check
• 10-28 License Plate Check
• 10-44 Suspect Left Scene
• 10-92 Parking Violation
• 10-96 Mental Subject
• 10-99 Bomb Threat

Hawai'i Fire Department (HFD) - West Hawai'i (Battalion 2) - Fire Stations

• Station 9 - Waimea (Kamuela)
• Station 14 - South Kohala
• Station 15 - North Kohala
• Station 16 - Waikoloa
• Station 21 - Makalei
• Station 7 - Kailua (Kona)
• Station 12 - Keauhou (Kona)
• Station 6 - Captain Cook (Ka'awaloa)
• Station 20 - Hawaiian Ocean View Estates (HOVE - Ka'ū)
• Station 11-A - Na'alehu (Ka'ū)*
• Station 11 - Pāhala (Ka'ū)*

​*Part of HFD Battalion 1 - East Hawai'i, occasionally respond to emergencies in West Hawai'i. 

Hawai'i Fire Department (HFD) - Radio Codes

HFD no longer uses 10-codes and has since gone to using plain language for radio communications. However, 10-Codes are occasionally used from time to time. (See the old 10-Codes list used by HFD prior to the switch to plain language).

• 10-0 Off-Vehicle/Unavailable by Radio
• 10-1 Responding
• 10-2 On Scene
• 10-3 Returning to Quarters
• 10-4 Acknowledge
• 10-5 Back in Quarters
• 10-6 Situation/Incident Report
• 10-7 Standing By
• 10-8 Call by Phone
• 10-9 Repeat
• 10-10 Transporting Patient (EMS)
• 10-11 Transporting DOA/Coroners (EMS)
• 10-X Unit Available by Radio
• 10-Y Unit Available by Phone

 Hawai'i Fire Department (HFD) - EMS Transport Codes

• Alpha: Good/Fair Condition
• Bravo: Serious Condition
• Charlie: Critical Condition
• Delta: Deceased (Dead on Arrival; DOA)

Hawai'i Fire Department (HFD) - Ocean Safety - West Hawai'i Lifeguard Stations

• Station 8 - Punalu'u Black Sand Beach
• Station 21 - Kahalu'u Beach Park (North and South Towers)
• Station 22 - La'aloa (Magics) Beach Park
• Station 26 - Kua Bay (Maniniowali Beach)
• Station 29 - Hāpuna Beach State Park (North, South, and Alpha Towers - Includes Jet Ski 2)
• Station 30 - Spencer Beach Park

West Hawai'i Community Hospitals:

• Kohala Hospital (North Kohala)
• North Hawaii Community Hospital (Waimea -South Kohala)
• Kona Community Hospital (Kealakekua - South Kona)