Blake Akio Kanoa Takahashi, a battalion chief, ... HFD battalion chief accused of sex assault. Peter Boylan, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Thu, February 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM UTC.

A 33-year-old civilian employee of the Honolulu Fire Department who was allegedly raped by a battalion chief at work on Valentine’s Day is applying for a temporary restraining order against him ...

"I am just so, so darn proud today to see that our first woman firefighter is now being promoted to being a battalion chief." Since 2001, the Honolulu Fire Department has seen a 300 percent ...

HFD Battalion Chief on leave following sexual assault … Video / Feb 19, 2025 / 04:41 PM HST. According to the Honolulu Police Department, a Honolulu Fire Department Battalion Chief has been ...

Hao, a 26-year veteran of HFD, was the battalion chief in the operations division and the union saw him as a firefighter, not administrator.

But according to HFD Battalion Chief Robert Thurston, who leads the department's aviation wing, it was the assistance from the U.S. Army, Hawaii Air National Guard and state Division of Forestry ...