News and Announcements

5/12/2024 – Hunter Creek Trail EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and WCSAR BC responded to the Michael Thompson Trailhead to assist with REMSA and TMFR with the transport of a hiker that was having a medical episode. The subject was treated and escorted down to staging.

5/11/2024 – Pershing County Mutual Aid

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Lovelock area to assist Pershing County with searching for a missing dementia subject. Areas in town and to the east of town were searched. The subject was located, deceased, by a foot team at the north end of town.

4/24/24 – Panther Valley Missing Dementia Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty, SVU, and WCSAR staged in the Panther Valley area to search for a subject that had been missing for over 24 hours. Approximately one hour into the search, a ground team located the subject in bushes off N. Virginia. REMSA was called to the scene and the subject was transported to the hospital.

4/23/24 – Empire Farms ELT

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC staged in the Empire Farms area to locate a possible plane crash. An ELT had fired off a number of times in the mountains to the west of staging. To decrease the distance of the hike, SVU transported BC teams to a drop-off location. Upon arrival in the area of the ELT coordinates, nothing was located. Teams glassed the area and hiked in various directions, but the results were negative.