Fire Volunteers Host July 4 Pancake Breakfast

Hawaii County Fire Department’s Volunteer Company 7 is hosting a Fourth of July pancake breakfast this morning, Wednesday, July 4, at the Palisades Community Center.  The public is invited to the center at the bottom of Ka’iminani, right next to the volunteer fire station from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m.

Hawaii County Fire Department supplements its full-time, paid fire teams with more than 200 volunteers islandwide.    Fire Chief Rosario says the volunteers are trained just as the full-time firefighters are.  One of the only things they  are not  allowed to do is  go into burning buildings because they’re not trained on using the breathing apparatus, but otherwise serve in a similar capacity to the other fire crews on Hawaii Island.  Chief Rosario says the volunteers are an important part of the fire team.

The Hawaii Volunteer Fire Company 7 is also scheduled to take part in today’s Independence Day Parade through Kailua Village, from the Kona Gym and Pool to Walua Road past Coconut Grove Marketplace, starting at 5:30 p.m.

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