Altadena Mountain Rescue Team member Alexia Joens directs the rope handlers as they bring up a "victim" during multi-agency "over-the-side" high angle, technical rescue exercise on Angeles Crest Highway on Friday, April 26, 2013. About 100 personnel from different local agencies participated, including the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Montrose Search & Rescue Team, Altadena SAR, L.A. County firefighters from La Canada Flintridge and Pico Rivera along with Air Rescue 5, and the U.S. Forest Service. (Photo: Raul Roa, Pasadena Sun / April 26, 2013)
By Tiffany Kelly
Pasadena Sun
Firefighters and rescuers who patrol the Angeles National Forest respond to hundreds of incidents every year, ranging from cars that fall off the highway to hikers who become lost or injured.
On Friday morning, they practiced hoisting victims from a helicopter and up the side of the cliff, techniques that could one day be used to save a life. It was the first day of an annual Los Angeles County training exercise. Montrose Search and Rescue, Altadena Search and Rescue, Urban Search and Rescue, Los Angeles County Air Operations and the U.S. Forest Service all participated.
