Assault at Remote Work Station 2010

On August 18, 2010 at approximately 1445, a U.S. Forest Service Prevention Patrol employee (Patrol 21) was working alone completing paperwork at East Fork, a remote station. An unknown male knocked on the door asking to use the telephone. Upon entry, the male attacked the employee for no apparent reason by striking him in the head, knocking him to the floor, and continued to kick the employee while unconscious.

Somehow, the employee was able to use the cordless station phone to make a 911 call, which went to the local Los Angeles County (LACO) Sheriff’s Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) station. The LACO sheriff relayed the information to LACO Fire. That information was sent via a Mobile Data Terminal to the Angeles National Forest Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The EOC staff immediately dispatched the closest Forest Service engine to the East Fork station.

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