News and Announcements

10/6/2017 – Boat in Distress at Pyramid Lake

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to Pyramid Lake on the report of a boat in distress in the area of Spider Point. While teams were responding, the subjects used their smaller motor to slowly navigate back to Pelican Docks. A Pyramid Lake PD Officer located them as they arrived at that location. SAR response was cancelled.

10/1/2017 – Water Rescue at Washoe Lake

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the north boat ramp at Washoe Lake on the report of a kite surfer that was in distress. As SAR assets were arriving at staging, the subject was picked up by a fisherman in a boat and was brought to the boat ramp. He was checked by REMSA personnel and released.

10/1/2017 – Pyramid Lake Patrol

The SVU responded to Pyramid Lake for the opening day of fishing season to provide a safety patrol with M10. A couple of tows, one involving a semi-swamped boat on shore near Indian Head, and another boat that had broken down north of Sutcliffe, were accomplished.

9/30/2017 – Injured Mountain Biker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Tahoe Meadows to assist in searching for a mountain biker who requested help through 911. His riding partner stated that they had just turned on the Tyrolean Turnoff, which was a bit vague. Dispatch was unable to get a successful cell phone ping. NLTFPD personnel were first on scene and sent their UTV into the area. As SAR teams arrived at staging, and were about to deploy, the subject was located by fire personnel. He was scraped up from the fall and was transported back to staging to be checked out by medical personnel.