{"id":34862,"date":"2026-04-19T23:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=34862"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:26:40","slug":"agencies-participate-in-triennial-emergency-exercise-at-kapalua-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/hawaii\/agencies-participate-in-triennial-emergency-exercise-at-kapalua-airport\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Agencies Participate in Triennial Emergency Exercise at Kapalua Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hawai\u02bbi Department of Transportation (HDOT) was joined by emergency responders and volunteers in a triennial emergency exercise at Kapalua Airport (JHM) in West Maui on Friday, April 17.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kapalua-4-NEW.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34863\" style=\"width:255px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kapalua-4-NEW.png 520w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kapalua-4-NEW-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The drill simulated response to a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan having its nose gear collapse upon landing. The aircraft was simulated with a tractor. Volunteer actors and manikin served as the wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants were: Kapalua Airport Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF), Kapalua and Kahului Airport personnel, Maui Fire Department, Maui Police Department, American Medical Response, and community volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kapalua-1-rotated-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34864\" style=\"width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kapalua-1-rotated-edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kapalua-1-rotated-edit-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The exercise is a mandatory certification requirement by the Federal Aviation Administration which tests airfield disaster preparedness and response by simulating a full-scale aircraft emergency disaster. The drill evaluates the operational capacity and readiness of emergency response in a stressful environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercise did not impact operations at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawai\u02bbi Department of Transportation (HDOT) was joined by emergency responders and volunteers in a triennial emergency exercise at Kapalua Airport (JHM) in West Maui on Friday, April 17. The drill simulated response to a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan having its nose gear collapse upon landing. The aircraft was simulated with a tractor. Volunteer actors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airports","category-hawaii"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34862"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34868,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34862\/revisions\/34868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}