HCC §2-24
Who gets benefits for volunteer firefighter injuries
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that volunteer firefighters and people covered by section 2-23 who get hurt or die while fighting fires or training can get benefits under Hawaii's workers' compensation law. Even if they are elected officials, employers, or have jobs normally not covered, they still get these benefits.
employers
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Extent of coverage
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
In case of injury or death arising out of and in the performance of volunteer fire fighting or training, all persons included in section 2-23, shall be entitled to benefits as prescribed by chapter 386, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. No person shall be excluded from receiving such benefits by reason of being an elected official, employer, or having an occupation which is excluded from coverage under chapter 386.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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