[Update: CAL FIRE Air Transport] Emergency Crews Respond to Imminent Breech Birth in Southern Humboldt

Reach Air Ambulance stock photo. [Image used with permission from Southern Trinity Area Rescue]

Briceland Fire is on scene. Cal Fire has also been called to assist, with crews directed to set up a landing zone at Garberville Airport for an incoming air ambulance. Reach Air Medical Services accepted the call and has an estimated arrival time of 2:18 p.m.

No further information on the patient’s condition has been released.

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.

Update 1:43 p.m.: According to emergency radio traffic, the patient has declined medical assistance. The incident commander has requested City Ambulance stage nearby but the rest of the emergency response, including Reach Air Ambulance and CAL FIRE helicopter 604, have been cancelled.

Update 1:52 p.m.: All units, including the staged ambulance, have been cancelled.

Update 1:56 p.m.: According to scanner traffic, the patient has now requested to be transported via ambulance. The patient is in a vehicle en route to Redway to meet with emergency personnel.

Update 2:06 p.m.: Additionally, Reach 5 has once again been assigned to respond to the scene. Their estimated arrival time is now 2:50 p.m. A new LZ (landing zone) has been designated at the Eel River Camp north of Redway.

Update 2:36 p.m.: CAL FIRE helicopter 604 is transporting the patient from Eel River Camp to Murray Field. Redway Fire units have been cleared from the incident. Reach 5 has diverted course, heading back toward Redding.