The Honolulu Fire Department has received two separate citations in connection with a training incident that led to the death of a firefighter in June.
HFD says it’s taking corrective action after the death of 63-year-old Clifford Riggsbee, who died from injuries sustained during a training exercise at an area called Suicides near Diamond Head. HFD tells us Rigsbee was on a sled being towed by a rescue watercraft. When the operator of the watercraft looked back, he saw Rigsbee floating in the water, unconscious. The Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division issued the citations, and HFD says one of the citations has already been closed and corrected.