News and Announcements

9/18/23 – WCSO Deputy Transport

SAR Staff and the SVU were requested to respond to a location off of Calle De La Plata to transport deputies to a location that some hunters found that was described to have many buckets of possible body parts. Once the site was accessed, it turned out to be buckets of black water waste that someone dumped.

9/17/23 – Air Races Evidence Search

All teams were requested to provide either security in the area of two planes that crashed in a neighborhood to the west of the Stead Airport, or for an evidence search. Evidence search personnel were first used on the east crash that occurred in a heavily populated area of campers, then were moved to the west crash site that was in an open field.

9/8/23 – Ophir Creek Lost Subjects

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, the SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to Franktown Rd. for two subjects that were lost on the Ophir Creek Trail. As teams were arriving at staging, a land owner in the area came across the two subjects and transported them down to staging.

9/2/23 – Mt. Rose Injured Mountain Biker

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and WCSAR BC responded to the Tannenbaum area to assist TMFR with an injured mountain biker. As SAR teams were arriving, it was determined that enough TMFR personnel were on scene to handle the situation. SAR response was cancelled.

9/2/23 – Burning Man Standby

SAR Staff, RAVEN, and the SVU were requested to be on standby in the event any medical evacuations needed to be conducted at the flooded Burning Man event. RAVEN staged at the hangar, and the SVU was sent to the county yard at Gerlach. No missions were required.