(Photo: To see a heartfelt photo of the "Rescue Reunion Hug on the Trail," click on the hyperlink at the bottom of this message)
The LA Sheriff's Malibu Search & Rescue Team responded to simultaneous hiker rescues Sunday, September 2, 2013.
The first, a female 17-year old from West Hills shown in the photo being reunited with a loved one, went missing off a trail near Tuna Canyon in Malibu.
While the team was searching for her a call for an injured male diabetic hiker came out near Eagle Rock in Topanga State Park. An LASD patrol helicopter spotted the distressed hiker, landed nearby, and flew him to an awaiting ambulance that transported him to a nearby hospital for treatment.
These were the 64th and 65th call outs for the busy Malibu Search and Rescue team in 2013.
***HIKING PLAN SHEET***
*Enjoy Nature - Plan your Hike by filling out the Sheriff's Department's HIKING PLAN SHEET:
http://file.lacounty.gov/lasd/cms1_163961.pdf
More information on how to prepare for your hiking / camping trip at the Disease Control’s camping website at
http://www.cdc.gov/family/camping/
Founded in 1977, the Malibu Search & Rescue Team is an all volunteer organization comprised of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Reserve Sheriffs Deputies, a select few Civilian Volunteer Specialists and Incident Support Personnel. Team members volunteer their time and efforts to help others and the team does not charge for rescues. The Team is a unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and is also a member of the prestigious California region of the Mountain Rescue Association.
Malibu Search & Rescue JURISDICTION - 187 square miles of the Santa Monica Mountains from the Los Angeles/Ventura County line to Pacific Palisades, the east face of the Santa Susana Mountains and the contract cities of Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Malibu, Calabasas and Hidden Hills. The Malibu Search & Rescue Team can also be sent anywhere in Los Angeles County to assist other LASD teams. Malibu SAR also responds anywhere in the state or country if requested to do so through the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA).
Search and Rescue Team members are Los Angeles County Sheriff's Reserve Deputies who volunteer their time to help others for $1 a year, and who partner with sheriff’s civilian volunteers who volunteer for free. There are over 150 members of the eight Search and Rescue teams of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. These rescuers were activated for over 550 search and rescue missions last year, making it one of the most active counties for search and rescue missions in the nation. Reserve deputies and civilian volunteers are supervised by full-time sheriff’s deputies. http://www.RFB.lasd.org
David J. Katz
S/R Training Sergeant, PIO
Malibu Search and Rescue Team
Malibu / Lost Hills Sheriff's Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
http://www.malibusar.org/
https://www.facebook.com/MalibuSAR
https://twitter.com/MalibuSAR
The Lost Hills Sheriff's Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department polices the Cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu and Westlake Village, and the unincorporated communities of Chatsworth, Lake Manor, Malibu Lake, Topanga, and West Hills
Malibu / Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
27050 Agoura Road
Agoura, CA 91301-5336
(818) 878-1808
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Forwarded by:
Captain Mike Parker
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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