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Released by: Deputy Shane Zook - Assistant Search and Rescue Coordinator
Date/time: 12/03/22 at 1:35 PM
Location: Smith Rock State Park
Rescued Subject: 27 year old female - Portland, Or.
On 12-03-22 at about 1:35 PM, Deschutes County 911 received a 911 call from an injured hiker at Smith Rock State Park. The hiker had slipped and fallen on the Misery Ridge Trail. The hiker had injured her ankle and could not get back to the parking lot without assistance.
A Deputy in the Special Services Division sent out a page for Search and Rescue volunteers to respond for the rescue. Ten volunteers responded to the page and were headed to Smith Rock State Park by 2:05 PM. The Redmond Fire Department arrived on scene and sent two personnel up to the hiker's location. Redmond Fire stayed with the hiker and provided medical care.
When Search and Rescue volunteers reached the hiker, they placed the hiker in a warming bag with a heat blanket, and prepared her for transport down the trail on a wheeled litter. Search and Rescue volunteers wheeled the hiker back down the trail, and to an awaiting ambulance, which transported the hiker to the St. Charles Medical Center in Bend for further medical treatment.
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is a full-service agency that oversees the adult jail, provides patrol, criminal investigations, civil process and search and rescue operations. Special units include SWAT, Marine Patrol, ATV Patrol, Forest Patrol, along with five K9 teams. Founded in 1916 and today led by your duly elected Sheriff L. Shane Nelson, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office serves over 200,000 residents in Deschutes County. The agency has 259 authorized and funded personnel, which includes 191 sworn employees who provide services to the 3,055 square miles of Deschutes County.