News and Announcements

1/10/2017 – Public Assist

SAR Staff, Animal Control, and SVU traveled to Palomino Valley to deliver hay for the horses of a resident who cannot get to the main road due to flooding.

1/10/2017 – Stranded Motorists

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR once again responded to the Henness Pass area to search for stranded motorists. Interstate 80 had been closed due to snow, so motorists were using map apps that took them on this route. The initial call was for three adults and four children, but they self extracted before SAR assets arrived. However, while teams were checking the road, another vehicle was located with three subjects. They were transported to staging, where SAR staff delivered them to Gold Ranch.

1/9/2017 – Stranded Motorists

SAR Staff and the SVU responded to the Henness Pass Rd. out of Verdi to locate a stranded motorist. As teams were headed up the road….the road that has multiple signs warning that it is not maintained and not to trust your GPS (Interstate 80 was closed), one abandoned vehicle was located, then a second abandoned vehicle. As teams traveled further up, the subject that had called 911 for help was located. The vehicle was left there, and he was loaded up to transport down to staging. Part of the team headed up to check the road to First Summit, but nothing was located. On the way down, a vehicle was found at the spot where the first abandoned vehicle was located, stuck in the ditch. That subject was also transported down to staging where both of them were taken to Gold Ranch Casino.

1/8/2017 – Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the area of Laramie Drive and Old 395 in Pleasant Valley to search for a missing female that was last seen walking on West Laramie. As teams were en route, she was located by a TMFPD crew. SAR assets were cancelled.

1/8/2017 – Flood Evacuation

SVU was requested to use side x sides to access a residence on Grass Valley Drive in Palomino Valley to evacuate a resident. As the team was about to deploy, the resident contacted dispatch and changed her mind due to the fact that her horses would need to be cared for, and they were not being evacuated.