Sedona AZ – The 2023 Independence Day weekend of June 30 to July 4 culminated with a significant increase in service calls and outdoor activity incidents around northern Arizona, per the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office activity report. CCSO Deputies worked closely with officers from the United States Forest Service, National Park Service, Arizona Game and Fish, and other Northern Arizona... 

Sedona AZ (February 25, 2016) – Within a ninety minute period on February 22, 2016, the Sedona Fire District (SFD) emergency crews responded to reports of multiple brush fires along north State Route 89A in Oak Creek Canyon and within the City of Sedona limits near Doodlebug Road. The initial call came in at approximately 7:30 in the evening and was followed by calls at 8:30 p.m. and 9:10 p.m.... 

Grand Canyon rescue Sedona AZ (November 4, 2014) – An injured female hiker, 68, was rescued Monday by a team composed of the  National Park Service, Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue Helicopter and Flagstaff Fire Department. On Sunday, November 2, a female hiker from Tucson, Arizona was hiking the Clear Creek Trail in the Grand Canyon... 

Sedona Fire Chief Kris Kazian Sedona AZ (October 30, 2014) – The Sedona Fire District is an all-hazards, fire-based, EMS provider which responds to well over 2,000 calls for EMS annually. As part of our daily responsibilities, we are prepared to handle all types of emergencies; this may include your cardiac event, a technical rescue, and certainly infectious disease incidents. As we are about... 

Traversing West Fork involves swimming, boulder hopping and climbing Sedona AZ (October 10, 2013) – Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies and Rescue Volunteers located and assisted three individuals with hiking out of the West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon after they were reported as an overdue hiking party. The group of overdue hikers consisted of a seventy-three year old male of Flagstaff and a thirty-one...