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Long Line Rescue Demo

October 29th, 2011 by admin | No Comments

Long Line Rescue Demo

This five camera shoot puts you in the middle of the action during a long line rescue demo enabling you to see inside the cockpit and what the pilot, rescuer, victim, and casual observer might see during a real rescue. Click on the image to see the video.


Injured Bodega Dunes horseback riders, located, evacuated by Sheriff’s helicopter

January 23rd, 2011 by admin | No Comments

On Sunday 1-23-11 at about 2:48 PM, Sheriff’s dispatch received a 911 call from two horseback riders that had been thrown from their horses west of the Bodega Dunes area near Bodega Head.  State Parks Rangers, Sheriff’s Deputies and the Bodega Bay Fire Department were dispatched to the accident. The Sheriff’s helicopter crew on “Henry-1″ was nearby as [...]


Henry-1 evacuates crash victims from Jenner ravine

January 20th, 2011 by admin | No Comments

On 1/20/11 at about 4:45 PM, a passing citizen flagged-down Sheriff’s deputies and reported seeing a white truck drive off the cliff on Hwy. 1 between Jenner and Russian Gulch.  Deputies investigated further and discovered a truck located about 300 yards off Hwy. 1 and down into a deep ravine at mile-marker 23.  State Parks [...]


Night Long Line Rescue

November 10th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

On 11-10-10 at about 6:05 PM, the Lake County Sheriff’s Department requested The Sonoma County Sheriff’s helicopter, “Henry-1″ for a nighttime long-line cliff rescue in Lucerne, CA.


Small Engine Plane crashes in Sonoma, Two Injured

November 6th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 11/6/2010 at 1:16 PM the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a plane crash in the area 21877 8th Street East in Sonoma.  Officers from the Sonoma Police Department and deputies from Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene along with Fire and EMS personnel from [...]


Man stranded on Bodega head rescued by Henry 1

November 3rd, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On Wednesday November 3rd, at about 4pm, Bodega Bay Fire Department, State Park Rangers, the U.S. Coast Guard and “Henry-1,” the Sheriff’s rescue helicopter, were dispatched to the Bodega Head for a rescue.


Two fishermen rescued off rocks

October 29th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 10-29-10 at about 5:06 PM, the Sheriff’s Helicopter “Henry-1″ was requested by State Park Lifeguards for a rescue at Gerstle Cove. Two fishermen had become stranded on a small rock by the incoming tide and large waves and were unable to make it back to shore.


Stranded kayaker rescued from Russian River

October 10th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 10/21/2010 at approximately 12:44 PM, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Helicopter “Henry 1″ was dispatched to a possible rescue in the area of Memorial Beach, Healdsburg. It was originally reported as a female kayaker stranded on a rock downstream from Memorial Beach after being ejected from her tandem kayak. Her [...]


Henry 1 assists with fall victim at Foothill Reginal Park

October 10th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 10-3-10 at about 10:39 AM, the Sheriff’s Helicopter Unit, “Henry-1,” was called for a medical rescue at the Foothill Regional Park in Windsor.  The Henry-1 crew, members of the Windsor Fire Department as well as Regional Park staff responded to the Alta Vista Trail for a woman with a leg injury [...]


Woman air-evacuated after fall on Doran Beach Jetty

September 7th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Woman air-evacuated after fall on Doran Beach Jetty

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On Tuesday 9-7-10 at about 11:07 am, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office rescue helicopter, “Henry-1,” was requested to assist in a medical rescue at the Doran Beach Jetty Campground in Bodega Bay.