COURTESY HAWAII COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
The seeker
Fire accelerant sniffing dog Kaimi, above, and his partner Robert Perreira from the Hawaii County Fire Department are seen during a break in training in Maine. In theory he could investigate a Big Island fire in the morning and then hop a plane with Perreira and investigate a fire on another island in the afternoon.
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