January Meeting at Yucaipa Sheriff's Station

Jan
10

Due to lack of heat and space at the SAR barn, January's meeting will take place at the Yucaipa Sheriff's station on the corner of 5th Street and Yucaipa Boulevard in Yucaipa.

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Rescue near Frustration Creek

Sep
14

Very good to get victim out of there alive and also finally understand what is up that drainage...it may sound crazy but we always wondered what it was like up there. Possibly our first SAR in that drainage just south east of Frustration...Just a couple notes:
This rescue after the 5 hour search involved 3 belayed lowerings; the first one of 90ft & the next of also about 90ft & another of 30ft of the litter team & victim from the initial victims location at the cliff bottom to the grow extraction point within the inactive grow. Around 1 am we decided this semi clear buck brush area offered the best manageable clearance for a hoist with the least amount of clearance & maintenance work. To get Chris there we had 8 on the litter & 1 handling the belay. Slope was never more than 20 to 25 degrees for that section & route into the grow. Within the grow we dug 3 leveled out bivy sites for the victim & rescuers to share. The grow was well fertilized with Miracle grow & urea of some sort...very smelly & bad for the streams...
Larry served as safety & carried 200ft of dynamic & I had 175ft of 9mm static & 100ft of dynamic. We all kept our harnesses on from insertion at 6833ft to Hiway 38 at 4727ft as the terrain was unknown & very uneven. We ran into spiders, carpenter ants, scorpions & Lion tracks. Known injuries were limited to buck brush scratches & poison oak rashes.

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Stats

Dec
26

There are really 4 ways to get your hours logged:
1 - the standard old chart at the barn (try to also note the date with your hours)
2 - Shane's new way to post on this site
3 - Email Ellyn at ellyn4kids@gmail.com
4 - Call Ellyn & leave a message at home

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New look for the site

Dec
14

I spent a little time this morning and changed the look to the site. Please let me know what you think. Next plan is to make the entering of hours easier. I will start today, but who knows when I will be done.

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Retired Deputy Sheriff Bill Loenhorst Sr. Passing

Aug
02

Thank for your kind words & prayers this weekend after Dad's passing Thursday. Bill Sr. passed away Thursday night at 10:30pm at Loma Linda VA. He was part of the hospice care program there and fortunately Dad passed away peacefully. He was 84. Dad specifically asked that there be no "big memorial", but he did ask for his ashes to be spread at sea. There will be a small memorial service for him at sea on the Lane Victory Merchant Marine Ship.

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San Gorgonio SAR members assist in successful search near Cucamonga Peak

Feb
25

In yet another instance of training-day-turned-actual-scenario, we received a page early on the morning of Feb. 21 for a search on what was purportedly Mt. Baldy.

As we would later find out, after an unplanned detour, this was a bit of miscommunication. So, after leaving the Barn at Mill Creek at 0530, and a detour to Mt. Baldy where no sign of a search in progress was evident, we got the right info and made our way to the command post at the end of Haven Ave., in Rancho Cucamonga, arriving at 0800.

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New Blog Function

Jan
24

Well, Here is the newest function I have added to the website.  Blogging.  Here you can set up your own blog and then share "Stuff" with your friends.

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New Members and SAR Gear

Nov
19

Thanks to all the prospective new members who came to the meeting last night!  We always need new volunteers.  Some team members asked about the SAR 24 hour pack list, it can be found at SBSAR's websit.  Just click on the following link: http://www.sbsar.org.  Also, many other important documents can be found here: http://www.sbsar.org.

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San Gorgonio Search and Rescue Aids in Plane Crash Investigation

Nov
11

Aircraft Missing Since Sunday

By Michael P. Neufeld
from Rimoftheworld.net
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Update 3 – Tuesday 5 p.m.

Angelus Oaks, CA – All rescue personnel, and the remains of four occupants of a single-engine Piper Cherokee, have reportedly been successfully extricated from the crash site in the area of San Gorgonio Summit, according to scanner reports.

Family members gathered at San Bernardino County Fire Station 15 in Angelus Oaks, this station served as the command center during the search and rescue operation.

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San Gorgonio Search:

Nov
10

By DAVID DANELSKI
The Press-Enterprise

Two lost hikers stranded by bad weather on Mount San Gorgonio have been found by three rescuers and all five were spending Sunday night on the mountain and planning to hike out at daybreak.

The two men, age 27 and 29, started their hike about 8 a.m. Sunday and got lost after hitting bad weather, said sheriff's spokeswoman Arden Wiltshire.

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