News and Announcements

8/26/2017 – Stranded Subject in a UTV

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and SVU responded to Bird Springs and Red Rock to search for a wheel chair dependent UTV driver whose machine was stuck. Teams were able to locate the subject with cell phone coordinates that were provided. The UTV was stuck in a location that prevented the SVU from extracting it, so the subject was transferred over to a SVU side x side for transport back to staging.

8/22/2017 – Argosy Fire Evacuation

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the intersection of Argosy and Red Rock to perform fire evacuation notices for the area. As teams were arriving at staging, rain showers came through the area. Fire officials downgraded the urgency for notifications, so SAR response was cancelled.

8/21/2017 – Stranded Motorist

SAR Staff and SVU responded to the Jumbo Grade area to locate and rescue a stranded motorist. The subject was following his GPS, heading to Jumbo Falls to see the scenery in his rental Hyundai Sonata, when the road became impassable and his car became hopelessly stuck. He was able to get cell phone reception and called 911. Due to roads being washed out in the area, it took a bit of work, but a search team was able to locate the subject and transport him back to staging. He declined any medical assistance and was given a ride to the hotel he was staying at while in Reno.

8/15/2017 – Evidence Search

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the area of Leon Drive to assist WCSO Detectives in locating evidence from three shootings that occurred the previous night.

8/13/2017 – Overturned PWC

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to Pyramid Lake on the report of an overturned PWC with one person in the water with a PFD in the area of Sand Hole Beach. As teams were responding, a PLPD officer entered the water an swam to the subject approximately 200 yards off shore, but were fighting the wind and waves. Before teams arrived, the subject and officer made it safely back to shore. SAR response was cancelled.