Full Notification

At approximately 9:40 a.m. this morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Malibu Search and Rescue (SAR) Team received a rescue call for two injured hikers above Tapia Park in Malibu. Malibu SAR, Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoF), and California State Parks responded and determined that the two minors from Santa Maria and Ventura would need to be airlifted off the cliff.

LASD Air Rescue 5 SAR helicopter responded and performed a winch rescue, extracting the first minor. The minor was then transported to UCLA Trauma Center with non-life threatening injuries.

LACoF Copter 16 also arrived and winched out the second minor, as well as two firefighters who had hiked up the cliff. The second minor also sustained non-life threatening injuries.

The two minors were hiking with a larger party of children and adults from a local camp group.

Pictured is LACoF Copter 16 landing, courtesy of Malibu SAR.

For any media inquiries, please contact David J. Katz, LASD Public Information Officer, Malibu Search and Rescue Team at 310-880-3304.

Search and Rescue Team members are Reserve Sheriff’s 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 450 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://lasdreserve.org

*Enjoy Nature - Plan your Hike by filling out the Sheriff's Department's HIKING PLAN SHEET:

Hiking/Camping is a fun way to get family and friends together to enjoy the outdoors and to get some physical activity. However, you should always be prepared for the unexpected. Before you leave, please fill out Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue – Hiking Plan sheet and provide it to a loved one to hold onto just in case something happens to a member of your hiking/camping expedition. You can download the form by visiting:

http://file.lacounty.gov/lasd/cms1_163961.pdf

If you would like more information on how to prepare for your hiking / camping trip, please visit the Center for Disease Control’s camping website at

http://www.cdc.gov/family/camping/

There are over 850 LASD reserve sheriff's deputies who work patrol, jails, search and rescue, motorcycle patrol, mounted posse, investigations, and more, as team members of the second largest policing agency in the nation. http://lasdreserve.org/

Authored by:

David J. Katz

Public Information Officer

Malibu Search and Rescue Team

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Lost Hills/Malibu Station

Malibu SAR email: [email protected]

LASD email: [email protected]

www.malibusar.org

cell: 310.880.3304

Forwarded by:

Juanita Navarro-Suarez, Deputy

Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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