SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and SVU responded to Pyramid Lake to assist PLTPD in locating a boat that was in distress. Three adults and one child had ventured out on a very windy day and got caught in very large waves. They were afraid to travel back to Pelican Dock, against the waves, from the middle of the lake. The Pyramid Lake boat located the subjects just as other SAR assets arrived on scene, and they escorted them back to the dock. The child had been transferred to the Police boat, but the three adults were totally soaked from water spray. All were transferred to ambulances for treatment of hypothermia.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the N. Virginia entrance to Peavine to locate a subject that was stuck near the top of Peavine. Once teams located the vehicle (at nearly the same location as the other three missions this season), it was discovered that three other vehicles were either stuck or assisting the vehicle that was stuck. Search teams learned that the subject from the original stuck vehicle had walked down the mountain, and contacted his wife for a ride. SAR personnel helped push the one remaining stuck vehicle out of its hole, and helped get all the vehicles turned around. All subjects were safely escorted down to staging.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and SVU began responding to Pyramid Lake to assist PLPTP in locating a fisherman who had fallen out of his kayak. A PLPTP patrol vehicle located the subject approximately 150 yards off of Warrior Point. He had a PFD on, and another kayaker was with him. The PLPTP boat was able to locate the subject in very rough water, and bring him on board. They immediately went to the Warrior Point beach, and transferred the subject to a waiting Careflight helicopter.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and SVU responded to Pelican Point to assist Pyramid Lake Tribal Police in locating a boat that was reported to be taking on water. Winds were gusting to 40mph when the call was initiated. As assets were arriving at the lake, PLTPD located the boat about one mile east of Spider point, and initiated a tow. It turned out that they were not taking on water, but did not have any electrical power. While this boat was being towed back, another report came in concerning a boat that was stranded near the Pyramid due to large waves. M10 was launched and located the subjects behind some rocks near the Pyramid. They did not want to come straight across the lake due to large waves. They did, however, suggest following a northerly route along the shoreline where the waves were not as large. M10 began to shadow the boat, but the lake started calming down, so it was decided that M10 would “break trail” for the subject’s boat, straight across the lake to Pelican Point. This proved to be successful, since the lake calmed down considerably on their trip back. All subjects were safely delivered to the staging location.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the Patrick area on Interstate 80 east on the report of a lost/stuck subject. The subject had decided to try and navigate around a large traffic jam on the highway that had been caused by snow and ice, by taking side roads in the area. While SAR teams were en route, a rancher located the subject, towed her out of her situation, and guided her to safety.