New South Kohala Fire Engine given Hawaiian names: ʻauwaiakeakua

(Bivn) – The new fire engine from Hawaii County in Station 14 in South -kohala was given the Hawaiian name of ÜBHAAKAKUA.

At the beginning of this month, a name ceremony for the fire engine was donated by Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation.

“The name” Auwaiakua “honors the” āina “on which we live, and reminds us of our responsibility to take care of our country and the waters that maintain our communities,” said Mayor Kimo Alameda in a press release. “In addition to the protection of the public, this fire engine will serve a strong symbol for Hawaiis culture and inheritance.”

From the county of Hawaii:

The name has both the literal and the metaphorical meaning and was made available by Kōmike Hawaii, the new cultural resource komite of HFD. ʻAuwaiakeakua refers to a waterway that is located north of the fire station and comes on the slopes of Mauna Kea. Makai flows from his source through Waimea and Waikoloa, where it should finally reach the ocean on the banks of Puakō.

Auwaiakeakua is the first fire engine named by Kōmike Hawaii. From the county's press release:

Kōmike Hawaii includes current and retired fire service staff and parishioners with deep cultural knowledge. The financing for the support of this committee was made by the office of County Council Council, the chairman of County Council, Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, provided.

“I am grateful to the members of Kōmike Hawaii for their commitment, intentions and mana in the apparatus that serve our community,” said Inaba, the chairman of the council. “I look forward to the continued work of the committee to increase” Mike Hawai'i within the department “.”

The name ceremony took place on February 7th. In addition to 'Auwaiakeakua, the committee plans to continue its work and to name other fire equipment in the Hawaiian language.

“The name'auwaiakeakua has a deep meaning that reflects the elixir of life that connects our landscapes, communities and history,” said fire chief Kazuo Todd. “As firefighters, we serve as stewards – not only public security, but also the country and the people we protect. Mahalo to Kōmike Hawaii that we make sure that our fireplace is more than just tools, but symbols of our kuleana of Hawaii and his future. “