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Search-and-rescue report: heat-related incidents drive rescue calls
Washington County Board of Commission · June 18, 2025
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Summary
Washington County emergency services reported a surge of heat-related rescues; sergeant summarized man‑hour totals, 68 rescues year‑to‑date, and three recent cases including two helicopter evacuations from Cottonwood Trail.
Sergeant Jacob Paul presented the county’s incident synopsis for May 6–June 17 and warned commissioners that “over half of the calls that we dealt with in this period are all heat related illness.” He said the search‑and‑rescue (SAR) team logged about 403 noncertified…
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