Fresno County Sheriff's Department and HIGHWAY PATROL

In 1989, the Fresno County Sheriff's Department Dive Team participated in 22 diving operations. The total number of hours expended on those operations was 442.1 man hours.

In 2020 for updated information.

These operations consisted of drownings and vehicle recoveries.

The California Highway Patrol helicopter (H-42) was used for a total of approximately 2.5 hours, at no cost to our agency. If we had to pay for helicopter service, the average cost would be $500 per hour.

The total cost of the 442.1 man hours was approximately $8,969.17.

These diving operations were on a County wide basis and included lakes, rivers and canals.

We average at least 2 or more drownings per year at Avocado Lake.