News and Announcements

Recent Searches – 1/4/2014

SAR Staff, Air Squadron, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR were requested by Douglas County to assist in a search for a missing woodcutter who was last seen on 12/30.  Teams were tasked with searching a large area of the Pinenut Mountains, south and east of the Minden/Gardnerville area.  Nothing was located.

Dive Recovery – 1/1/2014

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR began responding to a canal near Fernley where a submerged vehicle had been located with unknown occupants.  As teams were arriving in the area, the occupant of the vehicle was located and did not need any medical attention.

EMS Callout – 12/28/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR were requested to assist NLTFPD in locating and transporting a subject that had injured their leg while hiking above Tyrolian Village in the Incline Village area.  The subject was located, packaged, and transported to staging.

Recent Searches 12/9/2013

The Air Squadron and RAVEN assisted with a search in Pershing County for six missing subjects that had gone out to play in the snow in the Seven Troughs area.  The subjects were eventually located by a ground team, alive and well, late on Tuesday morning.  There Jeep had rolled Sunday afternoon, and they were able to survive by building a fire, burning tires, and huddling in the vehicle while temperatures approached -21 degrees on both nights.

Recent Search – 11/16/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Deodar Rd. in the Lemmon Valley area to search for a missing 13yo subject.  As teams were deploying, a foot team that was tasked with thoroughly searching the residence, located him hiding under some covered furniture.