# @vcsheriff on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzD-AerS17
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13415737-vcsheriff-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/4126bea242.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-02-02T17:15:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ventura County Sheriff (@vcsheriff) — https://gondola.cc/vcsheriff

## Caption

Search & Rescue Team Member Jeffrey “Jef” Dye 

October 25, 1968 - February 2, 2019 

Jef Dye served as a member of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Fillmore Search and Rescue Team. Jef was highly skilled in areas of wilderness first aid, tracking, high angle rock rescue, swift water rescue, and alpine snow rescue. Members of the Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team volunteer their time and skills to the citizens of Ventura County and are considered one of our most highly trained and valuable resources for backcountry search and rescue operations.

On February 2, 2019, Jef and his teammates were traveling to Mt. Pinos in very difficult weather conditions to conduct training. The team came upon a serious traffic accident on the I-5 Freeway that involved a vehicle roll over. Jef and his teammates immediately went to work rescuing victims who were trapped inside the vehicle. Tragically, an additional vehicle lost control on the freeway and crashed into the accident scene where Jef and his teammates were working. Two Fillmore Search and Rescue Team members were critically injured, and sadly Jef was killed as a result of the accident. Jef was the first Search and Rescue Team member to be killed in the line of duty while serving the County of Ventura. #sheriffvc

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