Red Hill’s Firefighting System Was Damaged Long Before Contamination Crisis

TL;DR - As the public waits for the results of the Navy’s investigation into its fuel contamination crisis in Hawaii, a Navy document shows that the fire suppression system at the center of the probe has been a source of concern for years. 

In December 2019, one part of the fire suppression system that was installed in the 1980s suffered a pump failure, according to a publicly available Navy memo. Another part of the system, installed in 2017 and expanded in 2019, had a leak that required repair last year, but the Navy didn’t know where the leak was, the memo said. 

February 14, 2022: Red Hill’s Firefighting System Was Damaged Long Before Contamination Crisis, Honolulu Civil Beat