Sierra Madre Team Aids in Rescues from Monrovia to Yosemite

Of the 11 calls for service handled by the in June of 2011, these incidents were considered the most notable and added to the team's monthly report.

Missing Hikers,              

The Team was notified that the Monrovia Police Department was investigating a report of two hikers missing overnight in Monrovia Canyon Park. SMSR sent several search teams into the field and discovered the subjects’ footprints. Team members tracked the footprints to the subjects, who were later found in good condition.

SMSR responded to a report of a fall victim at Sturtevant Falls near Chantry Flat. The patient was treated by paramedics from the and the L.A. County Fire Department in addition to EMT-certified SMSR personnel. The Team evacuated the patient via litter wheel-out to an ambulance at Chantry Flat.

Missing Hiker, Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park Search and Rescue requested the assistance of SMSR in the search for a missing hiker. SMSR team members departed Station 108 in the evening and drove through the night to be on hand for the following morning’s search. Team members were inserted by helicopter to search a remote section of the park and then airlifted out. The hiker has not yet been found.

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