Whidbey SAR Crew Conducts Rescue in Olympic Nationwide Park > United States Navy > News-Tales

A Search and Rescue (SAR) workforce from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island rescued a 68-year-old male hiker affected by a medical situation within the Olympic Nationwide Park Wednesday, August 31, 2022.

 

The SAR crew was known as at simply earlier than 6 p.m. Wednesday night to rescue the hiker a number of miles up the Enchanted Valley Path within the Olympic Nationwide Park. The SAR crew lifted off at roughly 6:25 p.m. and, working in coordination with Nationwide Park Rangers, they discovered the affected person and a Park Ranger within the valley as quickly as they arrived on web site at about 6:50 p.m.

 

Inside 10 minutes the SAR crew had the affected person onboard and delivered him to Olympic Medical Heart in Port Angeles by 7:20 p.m.

 

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island SAR has performed 25 missions this calendar 12 months, which incorporates eight MEDEVACs, 14 rescues, and three searches.

 

The Navy SAR unit operates three MH-60S helicopters from NAS Whidbey Island as search and rescue/medical evacuation (SAR/MEDEVAC) platforms for the EA-18G plane in addition to different squadrons and personnel assigned to the set up.  Pursuant to the Nationwide SAR Plan of america, the unit might also be used for civil SAR/MEDEVAC must the fullest extent practicable on a non-interference foundation with major navy duties in keeping with relevant nationwide directives, plans, tips and agreements; particularly, the unit could launch in response to tasking by the Air Power Rescue Coordination Heart (primarily based on a Washington State Memorandum of Understanding) for inland missions, and/or tasking by america Coast Guard for all different aeronautical and maritime areas, when different property are unavailable.