Mike Leum

Thank you to @SEBLASD for providing an outstanding joint training session with @Angeles_NF @SoCalUSFS_Fire and our visiting firefighters from Brazil 🇧🇷 🇺🇸🔥 #PublicService #missiondrivenculture #publicSafety @LASDHQ @LACoSheriff

Spending time with firefighters reveals the commonalities they share, regardless of their origins or technical specialties. They are mission-driven public servants dedicated to excellence. Today, 40 Fire Officers from Brazil 🇧🇷 spent the day on the ANF, allowing us to learn from one another. This exchange of knowledge and experience strengthens our commitment to serving our communities effectively. 🇺🇸🔥

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RESCUES! Busy 90 minutes for Air Rescue 5 on Angeles Crest Highway! First call was a medical emergency, followed by a solo vehicle crash into the hillside, then a motorcycle down call. Finally, 2 missing hikers out of Switzer Falls!! Saving lives is priority #1. @LASDHQ @LACoSheriff @SEBLASD

RESCUE: It’s hot out there. Today Air Rescue 5 responded to a person with a heat related emergency on Catalina Island near Avalon. Victim was hoisted and transferred to ground units. Whether it is heat exhaustion (sweating, dizziness, cold & clammy skin), or the more severe and life threatening heat stroke (body temp over 103 degrees, dry skin, confusion, coma), immediate treatment must be given. In days like these, hike or exercise early in the morning or at the end of the day. The life you save might be your own! Saving lives (including YOURS) is priority 1. @lasdhq @lacosheriff @seblasd @lasd_seb_events #rescue #heat

Today Reserve Deputy and Doctor Matthieu DeClerck gave a seminar on high altitude rescues to executives and the elite Air Rescue 5 pilots and operators. With a sharp increase in rescues at higher elevations, it is paramount that our pilots, crew chiefs and medics are able to operate safely. DeClerck has practiced medicine all over the world in austere environments. Assigned to the Special Enforcement Bureau and Emergency Services Detail, he flies on Air 5 at least once a week offering victims of trauma immediate and lifesaving advanced medical care. Reserve Deputy DeClerck exemplifies the best of our Reserve Deputy program, bringing his skill sets to bear for the benefit of citizens and Department members. Remember, “the bear goes everywhere”. Saving lives is always priority 1. @LASDHQ @CPBLASD @LACoSheriff

Sadly we now have 10 people missing in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe…

1 of 2: Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims of the #avalanche near Tahoe. Here we are conducting an avalanche eval & search a couple years ago. @LASDHQ @LACoSheriff #LakeTahoe

CRASH: Air Rescue 5 and US Forest Service firefighters responded to a motorcycle crash on Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road today. Air 5 on scene in minutes. Treated and transported well within the “golden hour” of survivability for victims of trauma. This coordination between agencies saves lives, which is always priority 1. @LASDHQ @SEBLASD @LACoSheriff @firechiefanf @Angeles_NF

On Tuesday at 2:45 pm a vehicle went 400’ over the side of Angeles Crest Highway resulting in a fire. @LACOFD , US Forest Service, @CHPAltadena , @CVLASD @MontroseSAR all responded. The driver was outside the vehicle with severe burns and injuries. Air Rescue 5 was able to hoist the victim while US Forest Service firefighters attacked the fire and achieved a quick knockdown. Multiple agencies, one mission. Saving lives priority #1 @LASDHQ @LACoSheriff @firechiefanf

RESCUE: On Saturday a hiker sustained a lower leg injury which resulted in @MontroseSAR and @AltadenaMRT responding to the scene. The location was the Arroyo, up the canyon behind JPL. Sheriffs Air Rescue 5 was requested and performed a hoist operation of the injured hiker. This partnership of ground and air assets results in one of the most efficient rescue programs in the country. Saving lives priority #1. @seblasd @lasdhq @lacosheriff #rescue #helicopter #mountain #hike

Air Rescue 5 transporting two victims after a rollover crash on Angeles Crest Highway. One of our partner agency members, Patrol 32 with the US Forest Service, sent the video. #TEAMWORK! Montrose SAR first on scene. Saving lives priority #1. @LASDHQ @SEBLASD @LACoSheriff @CPBLASD @MontroseSAR @CVLASD @firechiefanf

RECORD YEAR FOR RESCUES! In 2025 the LA Sheriff Search & Rescue Teams conducted 756 missions!! 2024 was 713 and looking waaaay back, 2013 was 491!!! Many of our rescues were in conjunction with the Sheriff’s Air Rescue 5. With multiple recent fatalities in the mountains that were preventable, our SAR teams have a renewed interest in “Preventative Search & Rescue” (PSAR). In addition to being one of the busiest SAR programs in the country, we will do our best to accommodate all requests for safety talks. Saving lives priority 1. @LASDHQ @CPBLASD @LACoSheriff @SEBLASD

MEDICAL EMERGENCY: @SEBLASD Air Rescue 5 and @MontroseSAR responded to a medical emergency on Angeles Crest Highway. Notified by an Edison crew, SAR and Air 5 on-scene in 5 minutes. Transported patient to Huntington Memorial Hospital. Saving lives priority 1. @LASDHQ @LACoSheriff

@firechiefanf Super solid crew! 💪

I spent some time today with our firefighters at the Angeles Crest Fire Station. The work they do reminds me of the commitment that all of our firefighters put forth every day in service to others. #ANF Firefighters work hard to serve the forest and the people, 365. 🇺🇸🔥

The Mountain Rescue Association is a nation-wide organization that certifies and tests rescue teams. Their publication, Meridian, recently featured the international efforts of our team. The missions circle the globe and have saved lives. “6:8 International Rescue” stands ready for the next disaster where we might be able to respond with the skill sets we have developed over decades. “WHOM SHALL I SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?” And I said, “HERE AM I, SEND ME!” -Isaiah 6:8 mra.org/mra-members-wo…

The Mountain Rescue Association is a nation-wide organization that certifies and tests rescue teams. Their publication, Meridian, recently featured the international efforts of our team. The missions circle the globe and have saved lives. “6:8 International Rescue” stands ready for the next disaster where we might be able to respond with the skill sets we have developed over decades. “WHOM SHALL I SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?” And I said, “HERE AM I, SEND ME!” -Isaiah 6:8 mra.org/mra-members-wo…