At 8:45 am on Thursday, March 22, the Paso Robles Department of
Emergency Services
responded to a report of a person in distress in the
Salinas River just
North of the Niblick Bridge. Firefighters arrived
at the scene within 4 minutes to discover a male victim and his dog clinging to a
tree. Firefighters were able to throw the subject a personal flotation device until
they could swim across the river to rescue him. The victim was assisted back to
shore with the help of rescue swimmers. Simultaneously, multiple additional calls came in for people in distress in the river. CHP Helicopter 70 was
utilized with 1 Paso Fire Rescuer and completed 6 hoist rescues. In
addition, rescue swimmers entered the water and performed 4 rescues. Over the
course of 4 hours, 10 river rescues were conducted. 2 patients were
transported to a hospital for further evaluation and 1 canine is deceased. 3 fire engines, 1 heavy rescue, 2 Chief Officers along with the Police Department and Public Works
Department from Paso Robles responded. Under the City’s
automatic and mutual aid agreements, 4 fire engines, a heavy rescue and 2 Battalion Chiefs from CAL FIRE/SLO County, 1 fire engine and 1 heavy rescue
from Atascadero City Fire, 1 fire engine from Templeton Fire, 1 fire engine
from San Miguel Fire, 2 rescue team members from San Luis City Fire, 1 rescue team member from Cambria Fire, 1 North County Technical Rescue Team, 1 San Luis Obispo
County Technical Rescue Team, 3 ambulances from San Luis Ambulance and 1 CHP helicopter immediately responded to assist. Additional resources from throughout
the county are staged in Paso Robles should any further river
rescues occur.
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