Yearly Archives: 2013

EMS Callout – 12/28/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR were requested to assist NLTFPD in locating and transporting a subject that had injured their leg while hiking above Tyrolian Village in the Incline Village area.  The subject was located, packaged, and transported to staging.

Recent Searches 12/9/2013

The Air Squadron and RAVEN assisted with a search in Pershing County for six missing subjects that had gone out to play in the snow in the Seven Troughs area.  The subjects were eventually located by a ground team, alive and well, late on Tuesday morning.  There Jeep had rolled Sunday afternoon, and they were able to survive by building a fire, burning tires, and huddling in the vehicle while temperatures approached -21 degrees on both nights.

Recent Search – 11/16/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Deodar Rd. in the Lemmon Valley area to search for a missing 13yo subject.  As teams were deploying, a foot team that was tasked with thoroughly searching the residence, located him hiding under some covered furniture.

Mountain Biker Rescue – 11/1/13

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Keystone Canyon Trailhead to assist RFD and REMSA with locating and transporting a subject that had crashed while mountain biking.  His location was approximately one mile up the trail.  The subject was packaged and transported on a wheeled litter down to a waiting ambulance.  When teams were in a debriefing, a subject approached SAR Staff, stating that he had come across an older individual in the hills that appeared to possibly need assistance.  He described the location, approximately two miles past the “R” above the Keystone Canyon west trailhead.  SAR Staff was able to locate the subject – he was not in need of any medical assistance – just out for a walk in the hills.

Recent Search – 10/27/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the first Cold Springs exit to search the northwest side of Peavine for a stranded vehicle with three occupants and one dog.  Teams were supplied with a cell phone ping location, which proved to be very accurate.  The occupants did not have any power in the vehicle, so they were supplied blankets until heated transport vehicles reached the location.  The subjects and dog were safely transported back to staging.