News and Announcements

4/3/2018 – Vehicle in Swan Lake

SAR Staff and the Hasty Team responded to the south side of Swan Lake on the report of a possible vehicle in the water. Nothing was located and SAR teams were released.

4/1/2018 – Over-turned PWC at Pyramid Lake

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR began responding to Pyramid Lake on the report of a subject in the water in the area of Wino Beach. As teams were leaving town, it was learned that the subject was able to make it to shore. Pyramid Lake Police requested medics to respond. SAR response was cancelled.

4/1/2018 – Stuck ATV in Black Rock Desert

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU responded to the Gerlach area to locate and rescue an ATV with two subjects that became stuck in the playa. Teams located the subjects and were able to winch them out of the situation so that they did not need to leave their ATV out on the Black Rock. The subjects were escorted back to their vehicle.

3/27/2018 – Stuck Vehicle

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU responded to the Moon Rocks off Winnemucca Ranch Rd. to locate a stuck subject off of Bedell Flats Rd. Using a cell phone ping, teams located the subject relatively easily. His vehicle was stuck in a washout and high-centered. The subject was transported by SAR Staff to a hotel in Reno where he could contact a tow service.

3/26/2018 – Stranded 4×4 in Quail Canyon

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU responded to the entrance to Quail Canyon on SR445 to search for the wife and daughter of a subject that had walked approximately seven miles to get cell phone service to call for help. Their vehicle had slid off a muddy dirt road into a ditch. A Pyramid Lake Officer was able to get to the father, but couldn’t go any farther. The father was brought down to staging and acted as a guide for the teams that were sent in to bring the two other subjects out. The wife and daughter were located in the vehicle about nine miles from staging. They were packaged in warm clothes and blankets, placed in side x sides, and transported down to staging. They were then transported back to Reno.