LASD - Malibu/Lost Hills Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff

Community: Coordinated Effort to Rescue Injured Hiker, Agoura Hills, #LASD Malibu/Lost Hills Station

Hi Pepperdine Libboard,

At approximately 11:32 a.m. on Sunday, February 16, 2014, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Malibu Search and Rescue (SAR) team responded to an injured hiker call at Paramount Ranch, Agoura Hills. A 22 year-old female hiker from Northridge was hiking with her father when she reportedly fractured her ankle hiking off the trail near "Coyote Trail."

When rescuers arrived at Paramount Ranch, they met up with Los Angeles County Fire personnel and National Park Rangers. While hiking into hills to reach the injured woman, rescuers realized that she had ventured well off the trail and was perched in a heavily wooded and brush laden area, complicating her extrication and transport.

Numerous personnel from several federal and county agencies worked together in difficult terrain conditions to reach the woman. Once located, Los Angeles County Fire paramedics tended to her injury while Malibu SAR coordinated her evacuation via a rescue litter. Due to the complicated terrain, the rescuers had to carry the litter for over an hour before reaching a safe location where the woman could be transported to a hospital.

Authored by:
David J. Katz
S/R Captain, PIO &
LACO Fire Department Liaison
Malibu Search and Rescue Team
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Lost Hills/Malibu Station
Malibu SAR email: R06@malibusar.org
LASD email: DJKatz@lasd.org
www.malibusar.org

Forwarded by:
Kim Manatt, Deputy
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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