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This concurrent resolution urges the Department of Law Enforcement to monitor illegal fireworks usage at public parks and beaches, based on alarming data about fireworks-related injuries and fatalities in Hawaii. The resolution cites significant public health concerns, including 110 individuals treated in emergency rooms during the 2024-2025 New Year's holiday period, with five fatalities, and notes that Hawaii's per-capita injury rate (4.1 per 100,000 residents) is substantially higher than the national average of 2.9 per 100,000. The resolution highlights that despite a previous ban on aerial fireworks on Oahu in 2011 which initially reduced injuries, the fireworks injury incident rate has more than doubled between 2011-2012 and 2021-2022. A particularly tragic incident is mentioned, involving a massive fireworks explosion at a New Year's Eve party in Aliamanu, Oahu, which resulted in six fatalities by February 5, 2025. The resolution ultimately calls for increased law enforcement monitoring of illegal fireworks in public spaces to support public health and safety, and directs that copies of the resolution be sent to the Governor and Director of Law Enforcement.

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