Coast Guard, Daly City Fire Department rescue 2 on cliff
SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard medically evacuated two males and the Daly City Fire Department recovered one other male who was unresponsive after an accident, Saturday morning.
At approximately 5:05 a.m., members of Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a report that three men fell from a cliff after breaking through a fence along a ledge south of Daly City. It was reported two men suffered...
Coast Guard rescues three from San Mateo cliff
SAN FRANCISCO – A rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco rescued three injured persons from a car that traveled off the side of a cliff near San Mateo, Calif., early Thursday morning.
At approximately 12:30 a.m., a vehicle carrying four passengers veered off the road and down a cliff near state Highway 92 in San Mateo. One of the passengers was able to climb the cliff and call...
Coast Guard rescues man stranded on cliff south of Seaside, Ore.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a man who was stranded on a cliff south of Seaside, Ore., Saturday.
Sector Columbia River received a call from Cannon Beach, Ore., Fire and Rescue, Saturday morning, requesting assistance in locating a hiker who had become disoriented and spent Friday night in the rugged wilderness between Seaside and Cannon Beach.
The hiker had a cell phone and was in communication...
Coast Guard hoists two 16-year-old climbers from cliff side in Skamania County, Ore.
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued a 16-year-old climber who was injured after a 50-foot fall off a cliff side near Archer Mt. in Skamania County, Ore., Saturday.
The individual was accompanied by another person of the same age who was not injured but also stranded on location.
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, Ore., received the report of the accident and subsequently launched an MH-60...
Coast Guard medically evacuates man who fell from cliff
USCG file photoASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 20-year-old man who fell from a cliff south of Bastendorf Beach near Coos Bay , Ore., on Wednesday.
Coast Guard Group North Bend, Ore., received an agency assist request, at approximately 5:10 p.m., from the Charleston, Ore., Fire Department to hoist a man who had fallen approximately 30 feet from a cliff.
An HH-65 Dolphin rescue...
Coast Guard conducts cliff-rescue training off Point Vicente Lighthouse
PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles conduct cliff-rescue exercises near the Point Vicente Lighthouse, Oct. 27, 2010.
During the training, a rescue swimmer is lowered out of a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter onto a cliff and then hoisted back into the aircraft to simulate an actual cliff rescue. The training helps familiarize the entire aircrew with how to operate...
