News and Announcements

3/10/24 – WC Radio Shop Personnel Transport

SAR Staff and the SVU were again requested to transport radio shop personnel and fuel to the repeater site at the top of Virginia Peak. For this trip, the SVU tracked Polaris General and the Radio Shop tracked Polaris General were used.

3/8/24 WC Radio Shop Personnel Transport

SAR Staff and the SVU was again tasked with transporting radio shop personnel and fuel to the repeater site at the top of Virginia Peak. For this mission, the Pisten Bully and the tracked Polaris General were used.

3/6/24 WC Radio Shop Personnel Transport

SAR Staff and the SVU responded for the request to transport Washoe County Radio Shop personnel and fuel to the repeater site at the top of Virginia Peak. Power had been knocked out due to the recent series of storms. The Pisten Bully was used to complete the request.

2/23/24 – Relay Ridge Snowmobile Accident

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to the Tahoe Meadows area to locate a injured snowmobiler. Before SAR asset arrived at staging, the subject was flown to a hospital by Care Flight, so the SVU was tasked with recovering the snowmobile.

1/26/24 – Lost Snowmobiler

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU Tracked, and WCSAR BC responded to the Tahoe Meadows area to locate a subject that had buried his snowmobile bad enough that he was not able to extricate it. He then walked approximately 1/2 mile in a direction that was not going to take him to civilization. BC teams, on foot and skis, were either transported or towed by SVU tracked equipment to the vicinity of the subject. He was assisted back to the tracked machines and given a ride out to staging. His snowmobile was also recovered.