During floods in southern California rescuers helped more than 20 people across the district. In the Internet appeared the frames of some rescue operations.
One such video posted on the night of 18 January, the County Sheriff’s Department in Los Angeles. A rescuer descends from a helicopter to a raging river San Gabriel near North Peck Road and will take man, cut off the water from the shore. In what state was saved is unknown.
VIDEO: SWIFT WATER RESCUE. X N Peck Rd, San Gabriel River, #LASD Air Rescue inserts LASD SEB Tactical Medics to perform a hoist rescue of a person caught in the rising river. Saving lives is priority 1! pic.twitter.com/uKgZj5nWjL
— SEB (@SEBLASD) January 17, 2019
Air Sheriff Department Ventura County saved along the river to Santa Clara at least three people and a few cats.
01/17/19 — Three people and a couple of cats were rescued from the Santa Clara River today. Copter9 crew conducted multiple hoists and landed nearby to transfer the people to fire personnel. Please stay clear of fast moving water. pic.twitter.com/MzygC9RkRU
— VenturaCoAirUnit (@VCAirUnit) January 17, 2019
On Friday around 1:00 the staff of emergency Services San Bernardino County helped to pull the woman out of the car, which crashed into the channel with a depth of 4.5 m in Fontana (CA). In the accident on highway 10 West of Sierra Avenue the victim was in the water trap and almost drowned. She managed to get out of the car, despite the rapid water flow and high wall of the channel. Rescuers lowered a ladder and lifted the woman onto dry land. The victim received no injuries. The whole operation took 15 minutes.
COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE VICTIM FROM a VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN FLOOD CONTROL CHANNELAt 1:11 this morning, San Bernardino…
Posted by San Bernardino County Fire on Thursday, January 17, 2019
On Thursday, the Sheriff’s Department Altadena called the man who could not cross the fast moving river in the Canyon Millard. When police arrived at the scene, they called for help a team of rescuers who drove on a dirt road through a neighboring canyon and safely evacuated the victim.
On the island in the middle of the river Santa Ana in the valley of Jurupa stuck about 25 people. They were surrounded by rapidly moving streams of water. Several people rescuers ferried ashore in an inflatable boat. The rest were planted in the helicopter groups of three and taken to a safe place. Two more people rescued in the area of the river Santa Ana in the County of San Bernardino, near East Orange Show Road and Tippecanoe Avenue. All victims assisted by the Red cross.
ON SCENE — #COUNTYIncident CAL FIRE Copter 301 assisting in the evacuation of transients stranded in the Santa Ana river in Jurupa Valley. pic.twitter.com/T8HGMiHW0d
— CAL FIRE Riverside (@CALFIRERRU) January 18, 2019
