ROH §2-11.2
Fire chief's duties for rescue team training and staffing
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section tells the fire chief what to do about rescue company workers. The chief must check their training and skills, make a long-term training plan, and make sure all rescue workers are properly trained or getting trained. New rescue teams can only have fully qualified workers.
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Additional powers, duties, and functions of the fire chief
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The fire chief shall:
(1) Identify and assess the training, qualifications and certifications necessary for personnel assigned to rescue companies, establish additional recommended standards as necessary, and upon completion of the assessment, update the city position descriptions to be aligned with the rescue companies' best practices;
(2) Formalize a long-term training plan to effectively implement any necessary additional standards and ensure consistency in standards among all personnel assigned to rescue companies, and provide this plan to the council and fire commission within 60 days of November 23, 2020;
(3) Ensure that all personnel assigned to existing rescue companies have, or are in the process of obtaining, the requisite training, qualifications, and certifications to be rescue company personnel; and
(4) Staff additional rescue companies only with personnel that have the requisite training, qualifications, and certifications to be rescue company personnel.
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