BK Technologies Corporation announced that it received a purchase order and subsequently shipped its BKR 9000 multiband radios to the Hawaii Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services & Injury Prevention System Branch. The 50-unit purchase was made through Pacific Infrastructure Group in Hilo, Hawaii, an authorized dealer of BK Technologies communications technology. BK Technologies was chosen by the Hawaii Department of Health both in response to the Maui wildfires that struck Hawaii in August and as part of the state's lifecycle replacement program.

The BKR 9000 radios will be used by Hawaii EMS across the state for inter-agency and intra- agency portable communications. Due to the nature of the emergency, BK rapidly prioritized and shipped this order in September. The Hawaii Department of Health, Emergency medical Services & Injury Prevention System Branch administers, maintains, and operates a State comprehensive emergency services system throughout Hawaii that is designed to reduce medical emergencies, deaths, injuries, and permanent long-term disability through the implementation of a fully integrated cohesive network of related components.

The state system provides for the arrangement of personnel, facilities and such equipment, primarily in the pre-hospital setting, for the effective and coordinated delivery of health care services under emergency conditions whether occurring as a result of a patient's condition, natural disasters, or other causes.