SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to a mutual aid call from Douglas County involving a lost snowshoer in an area south of Dagget Pass on Kingsbury Grade. Foot teams searched an area that was designated high-priority through cell phone forensics. The subject was located, alive, the following morning by a helicopter.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR responded to the Tahoe Meadows to locate and rescue three people snowshoeing in the Meadows area. Through a cell phone text ping, the rescuers located the subjects and safely guided them back to staging at SR431.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR responded to the Tamarack Lake pull-out on SR431 to locate three subjects that were lost, having difficulty in the snow, and frustrated by the tree cover. Ground teams accessed their location by using a SAR text ping and safely guided them down to staging.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR were responded to the Tamarack Lake area on the report of a back-country skier with a leg injury. Ground teams were able to locate the subject’s party, treat, package, and transport down to staging where the subject was transported by ambulance.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR were requested to assist RPD in searching for evidence related to a recent homicide in the area of 4th Street and the I580 overpass.