SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to a report of a missing hiker on the Brown’s Creek Trail. As teams were arriving at staging, it was learned that the subject had become separated from her hiking partner but decided to visit a friend’s house in the area instead of notifying anyone.
SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the trailhead for the Hunter Creek trail on the report of a subject that had taken a fall, approximately 1/2 mile below the waterfall. Truckee Meadows Fire was already hiking to the subject when SAR resources arrived. RAVEN located the subject and hoisted him to the helicopter, then landed a short distance away and transferred the subject to Careflight, which transported him to a waiting ambulance at staging. The subject declined medical assistance, so he was released and waited for his hiking party to arrive at staging, which was being escorted down the trail by fire personnel and SAR resources.
SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR were requested by Lyon County Fire to assist with the rescue of a dirt biker who had fallen into a mine shaft. The subject was in the Ludwig mine, approximately 60 feet down. To complicate matters, his bike was above him at about the 20 ft. level and leaking gas. Team members were able to stabilize the bike and lift the subject out. Because he was wearing full off-road motocross protective gear, he only had a broken ankle.
The SVU performed safety patrols at Pyramid Lake during the Labor Day weekend.
SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the area of Atoma Rd., across from the Mt.Rose Ski area, to search for a lost subject that had last been seen the prior evening near the waterfalls on the Mt. Rose trail. The subject’s cell phone location came back to a rugged area on the north side of Galena Creek, approximately 1.25 miles west of the Atoma area. Ground teams were able to locate the subject, who was dressed in only a shirt, shorts, and shoes, and was quite dehydrated. He was given water and snacks, then escorted about .75 miles to a pick-up point where side x sides transported him back to staging.