News and Announcements

2/22/2015 – Search for Lost Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Golden Eagle Sports Complex area to search for a subject whose 4×4 had become disabled. He had walked away from the vehicle to get cell phone reception, but couldn’t find it when he attempted to return. Search teams located the subject, and his dog, walking along a road. Both were transported to staging.

2/14/2015 – Stranded/Lost Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Pinehaven area to search for a stranded subject that was not sure where she was. Although search teams located the subject southwest of Moss Lake, the coordinates provided from the subject’s phone were incorrect. Teams were able to extricate the subject’s stuck vehicle and escort her back to staging.

2/11/2015 – Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Spanish Springs High School area to search for a subject that was supposed to walk home from the high school to his house off Highland Ranch in Sun Valley, but never made it there. SAR teams checked the hills to the west and south of the high school, all the way to the Sun Valley area. Teams also checked local businesses to the east and north of the staging area. Through news reports, a tip was given that he was possibly at a residence off of Eagle Canyon. Deputies located the subject at a friend’s house.

2/6/2015 – Fire Evacuation

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Wadsworth exit on I80 for a possible fire evacuation in the Wadsworth/Fernley area, due to a fast moving fire near Cantlon Drive. Evacuations were not needed.

1/8/2015 – Water Rescue

SAR Staff, Hasty Team Divers, and WCSAR shore support were requested to assist RFD with a water rescue in a small lake in the South Meadows area. Two juveniles had fallen through ice on the lake, one of them being rescued quickly by onlookers, but the other slipped under the ice. After approximately 30-40 minutes, the subject was located and transported to a hospital where he passed away later in the day.