News and Announcements

7/6/2018 – Lost Off-Roaders

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Bordertown to search for a lost family of three in the Peavine area. A cell phone ping was initially used for a starting point, but they started to move around. A ground team located them driving northward, towards the area of staging. They were escorted back to Bordertown.

7/1/2018 – Evans Creek Fire Evacuation

SAR Staff, Hasty, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the area above Caughlin Ranch to perform fire evacuations of hikers and off-roaders in the Hunter Creek Road area. Teams were also sent to the Hunter Creek Trail area to warn hikers of the fire.

6/30/2018 – Overdue Campers

SAR Staff, Air Squadron, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Gerlach area to search for an overdue group of campers that were last seen two days previous in High Rock Canyon. As teams were being deployed, the missing subjects entered cell phone coverage and received messages from the reporting party, as well as SAR Staff. They called all parties to let them know they were fine and there had been some miscommunication between the reporting party and the overdue campers.

6/29/2018 – Missing Hiker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Thomas Creek Trailhead to search for a missing 19yo hiker that became separated from his family while hiking the Dry Pond trail from Thomas Creek to Whites Creek. The young man was not familiar with the area. Teams began checking the Dry Pond Trail, and Whites Creek Trail, as well as being positioned at likely exit points on other local trails. The subject was located near the intersection of the Whites Creek Trail and Dry Pond Trail just before it got dark. Negative medical needs. He was transported back to the staging location at Thomas Creek Trailhead.