The first fire department in the Hawaiian Islands is established - December 27th, 1850

This Day in History Class - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1850, King Kamehameha III established and joined the Honolulu Fire Department, the first in the Hawaiian Islands and the only one in the world to include monarchs as active members.

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