Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SR169 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.R. NO. 169 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE HONOLULU OCEAN SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT A DRONE TRAINING PROGRAM.
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3	3	THE SENATE S.R. NO. 169
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29	29	SENATE RESOLUTION
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35	35	URGING THE HONOLULU OCEAN SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT A DRONE TRAINING PROGRAM.
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41	41	WHEREAS, drone training programs for ocean safety personnel assist in detecting marine life activities, enhancing lifeguard operations, and improve search and rescue missions; and WHEREAS, aerial surveillance improves overall operational efficiency and has been utilized by the Honolulu Fire Department; and WHEREAS, the Honolulu Fire Department expanded its drone program to assist in ocean-related emergency responses; and WHEREAS, drones aid in delivering flotation devices, locating stranded swimmers, providing aerial surveillance during ocean rescues, and detecting marine life; and WHEREAS, in November 2024, drone footage revealed hundreds of sandbar sharks in Nanakuli, near Kahe Point Beach Park, and shark warning signs were posted over a hundred times on Oahu in 2024; and WHEREAS, on May 29, 2024, the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu signed a resolution creating the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department as a separate department to provide ocean safety services for the island of Oahu, including ocean rescue, prevention, emergency medical first response, dispatched mobile patrol, education, outreach, and injury prevention programs, all related to ocean safety; and WHEREAS, the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department does not have a drone training program and is not equipped to conduct aerial surveillance of the beaches and near shore waters in the City and County of Honolulu; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department is strongly urged to implement a drone training program to elevate lifeguard operations and strengthen marine life monitoring; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu, and Director of the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: City and County of Honolulu; Ocean Safety Department; Drone Training Program
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43	43	WHEREAS, drone training programs for ocean safety personnel assist in detecting marine life activities, enhancing lifeguard operations, and improve search and rescue missions; and
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47	47	WHEREAS, aerial surveillance improves overall operational efficiency and has been utilized by the Honolulu Fire Department; and
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51	51	WHEREAS, the Honolulu Fire Department expanded its drone program to assist in ocean-related emergency responses; and
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55	55	WHEREAS, drones aid in delivering flotation devices, locating stranded swimmers, providing aerial surveillance during ocean rescues, and detecting marine life; and
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59	59	WHEREAS, in November 2024, drone footage revealed hundreds of sandbar sharks in Nanakuli, near Kahe Point Beach Park, and shark warning signs were posted over a hundred times on Oahu in 2024; and
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63	63	WHEREAS, on May 29, 2024, the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu signed a resolution creating the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department as a separate department to provide ocean safety services for the island of Oahu, including ocean rescue, prevention, emergency medical first response, dispatched mobile patrol, education, outreach, and injury prevention programs, all related to ocean safety; and
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67	67	WHEREAS, the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department does not have a drone training program and is not equipped to conduct aerial surveillance of the beaches and near shore waters in the City and County of Honolulu; now, therefore,
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71	71	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department is strongly urged to implement a drone training program to elevate lifeguard operations and strengthen marine life monitoring; and
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75	75	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu, and Director of the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department.
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