Los Santos Insider | LSFD Urban Search & Rescue Assemble To Recover Local Man

Remington · April 3, 2023

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LSFD Urban Search & Rescue Assemble To Recover Local Man

Written by Kate Park, April 3 2023
Published by Scarlett Remington, April 3 2023

Above: Ladder-7 with USAR operatives in conversation.

On the 2nd of April 2023, at around 23:48, responders from the San Andreas Fire Marshall service requested mutual aide from Los Santos Fire Department pertaining to a unresponsive persons being located in the sewers situated in El Burro Heights area. Crews from the nearby Station 7 quickly assembled to the area to assess, and evaluate the situation however deemed it difficult to reach the individual via maritime methods safely prompting Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) to be activated.

Above: State Fire Marshals overlook the rescue attempt.

The search and rescue team (USAR-3) comprised of highly trained personal from Station 3 later arrived on-scene and commenced operations on the recovery of the individual. Working with an aerial ladder platform, with the use of a rope-pulling method an operator descending from the bridge toward the individual. Tragically despite the rapid mobilization of assets the individual was pronounced deceased by medics shifting the focus to a retrieval operation. The individual was hoisted some time later where official recognition of life extinct was confirmed.

Above: A USAR Operator retrieves the unresponsive male, hoisting him from the ground.

At this time the investigation as been passed to the Office of Fire Marshals, and the County Coroner has been informed. Together agencies will be working closely to identify the individual, informing next of kin, and resolving the tragic circumstances that revolve around the incident. There has been no official statement from the San Andreas Fire Marshalls and the office involved. At this time information will take time to gather, and likely follow over the next few days as facts are established. Despite the circumstances being unknown it is a sobering reminder around the dangers of rapid flowing water sites across the outskirts of the City. Our thoughts are with the victims friends, and family at this time.