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DATE/TIME:  Sunday, September 30, 2018, 10:00 p.m/12:30 am                
 
INCIDENT:    Hoist Rescue                                                                                  
 
LOCATION:   49 Palms Oasis Trail, Joshua Tree
 
VICTIMS:  Philip Marmon, 20 years of age
 
SUMMARY:
 
On September 30^th, 2018, at approximately 10:00 p.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Aviation responded to a report of a hiker suffering a heat emergency in the 49 Palms Oasis Trail area in Joshua Tree. The hiker, later identified as Philip Marmon, went on a hike with several friends and began experiencing heat-related symptoms. He was eventually unable to continue hiking and was in and out of consciousness. Joshua Tree National Park Service Search and Rescue teams were deployed and located Marmon. Due to Marmon’s location in a rocky canyon and his declining medical condition, assisting San Bernardino County Fire personnel requested the assistance of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s helicopter 40-King for a hoist rescue.
 
Sheriff’s personnel assigned to the aviation unit responded to the scene to perform a hoist rescue.
A rescuer was lowered approximately 25 feet from the helicopter to large boulders in the canyon. The rescuer assessed Marmon for injuries and secured him into a rescue harness. Marmon was hoisted up and transported to a nearby awaiting medical helicopter for transport to a hospital for treatment.    
 
 
 
 
Refer: Deputy Chris Mejia 
            
Station: Aviation Unit
 
Phone No.  (909) 252-4100
           
Case No.   AV182730002
 
 
John McMahon, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department