A 56-year-old woman was rescued Saturday afternoon after a hard landing while paragliding above Parma Park, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
Firefighters were dispatched around 4:00 p.m. March 8. A fellow paraglider landed to assist, but rugged terrain made the patient difficult to locate from the ground.
County Fire’s drone team was launched, quickly finding the woman and using a loudspeaker to reassure her and a witness — “Rescue teams are en route—stay where you are!” — before hovering as a visual beacon to guide ground crews in…