News and Announcements

8/3/2015 – Possible Boat in Distress

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and SVU responded to Pyramid Lake on the report of a possible boat in distress about three miles out from the North Nets area. SAR resources were unable to locate anything. A small flotation device with an attached glow stick did was ashore at the North Nets.

8/2/2015 – EMS Callout

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR assisted TMFPD and REMSA in locating, packaging, and transporting a subject with a leg injury. The hiker was located in the hills to the east of Hidden Valley Park. The subject was transported to a LZ where Careflight could land and transport the subject to the hospital.

8/1/2015 – Missing Subject with Dementia

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, WCSAR, and WOOF were requested by Sierra County to assist in searching for a missing subject with dementia that had been camping with a friend in the Dog Valley area. Dog handlers and foot teams searched the area around the campsite while 4×4’s, and ATV’s searched area roads. The subject was located under some brush and dense foliage, not far from the campsite. He had been missing for approximately 15 hours, but was in relatively good shape. He was transported to an ambulance at the staging area on the Dog Valley Road from Verdi.

7/31/2015 – Missing Alzheimer’s Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to an area of the far south end of Lakeside Drive to search for an elderly Alzheimer’s subject. Just as SAR resources were arriving, the subject was found walking near his residence.

7/26/2015 – Pyramid Lake Water Rescue

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Pyramid Lake to assist Pyramid Lake Police on the report of two people in the water that had tried to swim to a drifting boat in the Needles area, but couldn’t catch up with it. Two people on shore lost site of the two subjects in the water, so a call was made for help. The two subjects in the water were able to swim to shore and were eventually located by a Careflight helicopter. The Pyramid Lake Police boat had been launched, but was unable to locate the drifting boat, which was being moved along at a good clip in wind and waves. RAVEN was able to locate the two other subjects, and guide ground SAR resources to pick them up.