12/03/06,
Sunday, 09:30 Hours – 12/04/06, Monday, 16:00 Hours
"Shekell" Fire Evacuation and Support
Moorpark
The East Valley team assisted with evacuation in the
Moorpark area due to a large brush fire.
11/17/06,
Friday, 20:30 Hours – 23:30 Hours
Missing Hiker
Sycamore Canyon Area, Point Mugu State Park
A 60-year-old man went out for an evening hike
and missed a turn on the trail. Team members were dispatched
through out the canyon. A Ventura County Sheriff helicopter spotted
the hiker in good condition and returned the man back to the
command post.
09/16/06,
Saturday, 18:00 Hours – 09/17/06, Sunday, 16:00 Hours
09/23/06, Saturday, 11:00 Hours - 09/24/06, Sunday, 01:00 Hours
"Day" Fire Evacuation and Support
Upper Ojai Area
The East Valley team along
with the Upper Ojai team assisted with evacuation notifications
in the Upper Ojai area
due to the large "Day" fire
in the Los Padres National Forest. Some of the team members were flown into
the backcountry to assist in evacuating backpackers in the path of the fire.
The team was kept on alert while the team was not out in the field.
09/09/06,
Saturday, 16:00 Hours – 17:50 Hours
Two Missing Hikers
La Jolla Valley, Point Mugu State Park
Two day hikers called the Sheriff's Department to say they
could not find their way back to the trailhead. The East Valley Team was dispatched
to help the hikers. The first team members who arrived found the subjects near
the trailhead in good condition.
05/22/06,
Monday, 20:00 Hours – 23:30 Hours
Evidence Search
Somis
The East Valley team was requested to assist the CHP and Ventura
County Sheriff detectives for evidence around an abandoned car on Hwy. 118
in Somis.
05/11/06,
Thursday, 22:15 Hours – 05/12/06, Friday, 06:00 Hours
Four Missing Hikers
Boney Mountain, Circle X Ranch National Recreation Area / Point Mugu State
Park
Four male hikers left the Sandstone Peak Trailhead
and headed towards Tri-Peaks. After reaching the peaks darkness fell
and the hikers became disorientated and tired. They contacted the Ventura
County Sheriff Department and the East Valley team was called out at
22:15 hours. One team went on foot from the Satwiwa Trailhead while
three teams went by ATVs from the Sandstone Peak Trailhead. The teams
made visual contact with the subject who had a flashlight. Once the
subjects were located and checked out, they were hiked out to the ATVs
and given a ride back to their vehicles.
05/05/06,
Friday, 17:30 Hours – 05/06/06, Saturday, 09:00 Hours
Missing Man
Mt. Pinos, Los Padres National Forest
A 66-year-old man wandered away from the Chula Vista campground
around 13:00 hours. Search teams from Kern County and Ventura County were dispatched
around 17:00 hours. Teams searched around the campground throughout the night
in the snow with the temperatures dropping down 25 degrees. As the search was
getting started for the seconded day the missing man walked into a camp at
the base of the mountain several miles away. The missing man was flown to a
hospital for treatment of bruises and hypothermia. Teams assisting the search
included East Valley, Fillmore, Upper Ojai, Ventura Canine SAR, Kern County
SAR, and China Lake Mountain Rescue.
02/11/06,
Saturday, 01:20 Hours – 07:00 Hours
Three Missing Hikers
Conejo Mountain, Camarillo
Three men went for a short hike up Conejo Mountain behind
their office after work. They lost the trail and once darkness fell they were
unable to find the trail. The subjects tried bushwhacking down the hill but
the vegetation was too thick so they decided to spend the night where they
were. A friend found out that the subjects were overdue and contacted the Sheriff's
department. The East Valley team was called out at 01:20 hours. The fog had
rolled in precluding any air support. Field teams tracked the subject and around
05:00 hours were able to make voice contact with the subjects. The field teams
accessed the subjects through thick vegetation and walked them off the hill.
01/02/06,
Monday, 02:45 Hours – 07:00 Hours
Stranded Off-Roaders
Big Mountain Area, Simi Valley
Seven teenagers in three vehicles went for an off-road drive
in the hills above Simi Valley late in the evening during a rain storm. The
subjects got stuck in the mud five miles from the paved road. The East Valley
team was called to access the subjects. Team members on ATVs and four-wheel
drive vehicles found the subjects and gave the them a ride home.