Recent Fire Evacuation – 5/18/2014

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR were requested to assist in the safe evacuation of hikers on the Hunter Creek Trail due to a fire in the area of Hunter Creek Falls.  Foot teams checked the Hunter Creek Trail, the Steamboat Ditch Trail, and a hiking trail on the south side of the Steamboat Ditch trail, and asked hikers to please return to their vehicles and exit the area.  During the process, a foot team came across a subject with an older Labroador Retriever that was so tired that he couldn’t go any further.  The owner attempted to carry the dog for a short distance, but due to the size of the dog, this idea wasn’t working very well.  The foot team remained with the subject and dog until two SVU side x sides could access the area and transport the subject and dog back to staging.