HI HR70

Urges the Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch of the Department of Health to support funding for a centrally located ambulance station in Ewa Beach

Identifies that ambulance calls in Ewa Beach increased 17% over the past four years, with the population growing exponentially and the current sole unit operational only 12 hours per day

Proposes renovating the former fire station on Pohakupuna Road into a 24-hour operational ambulance station to replace the existing station located within Ewa Villages Golf Club

Notes that the last new ambulance unit in Ewa Beach opened in 2012 and that a centrally located station would reduce emergency response times

Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health, Chief of Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Director, and Fire Chief of Honolulu Fire Department