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Coast Guard rescue firefighter in Mendocino National Forest

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Coast Guard rescue firefighter in Mendocino National Forest, MH-65D Dolphin, MH-65 Dolphin Humboldt Bay
Archive image: an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter is shown on the tarmac at Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay in McKinleyville, Calif., following cliff rescue training, March 7, 2018. Coast Guard crews routinely conduct cliff rescue training to maintain qualifications and to maintain proficiency in their rescue techniques in the event of a person in distress on a cliff.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Brandyn Hill.

MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescue an injured firefighter from a ridge near Snow Mountain Wilderness in the Mendocino National Forest Sunday evening.

At 10:50 p.m. Sunday, Mendocino County Fire Dispatch personnel requested the Coast Guard’s assistance with the rescue of an injured firefighter who was experiencing heat stroke symptoms while working in rough terrain on the Box Fire.

Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay launched an MH-65D Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew who flew to the area and located the injured firefighter within 100 yards of the fire line in a clearing that the fire crew on scene had cut in the forest to allow for an extraction.

Coast Guard rescue firefighter in Mendocino National Forest, MH-65D Dolphin, MH-65 Dolphin Humboldt Bay
Archive image: an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Humboldt Bay transits over the Pacific Ocean to participate in cliff rescue training. Air Station Humboldt is often called upon to perform rescues from the cliffs of hikers and climbers who become stranded.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Pamela J. Boehland.

The MH-65D: Dolphin helicopter aircrew approached the extraction zone and made a tree-top hoist from 150 feet.

The injured firefighter was flown to Adventist Health Ukiah Valley.

“We are very appreciative of the firefighters’ hard work keeping us safe,” said Lt j.g. Rachel Seaman, the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter co-pilot of the rescue. “It was extremely rewarding bringing one of their members back to safety.”

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