Yearly Archives: 2013

Paraglider Rescue – 10/26/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, TMFPD, and WCSAR responded to the Mt. Rose Summit to locate and rescue a paraglider that had crashed on the south side of Slide Mountain at approximately 9200′.  Ground teams were transported to the nearest location, about .4 miles from the crash site, along with a team that RAVEN hoisted down to package the patient.  The subject, with multiple injuries, was hoisted and flown to the Mt. Rose Summit and transferred over to Careflight.

Recent Searches – 10/24/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Lois Allen Elementary School in Sun Valley to search for a possible deceased subject that children had found in the hills earlier in the day.  As teams were arriving, it was discovered that the information was made up by the children.

Recent Rescue – 10/11/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, REMSA, RFD, and WCSAR responded to the Michael Thompson Trailhead on the report of a hiker with a compound fracture of an ankle.  Teams located and packaged the subject so that RAVEN could perform a hoist.  The subject was then transported to an awaiting ambulance near the trailhead.

Recent Search 10/10/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR assisted WCSO Deputies in searching for a missing 13yo subject in the Lemmon Valley area who was considered endangered due to the need for medication.  Teams searched the surrounding neighborhood, the hills to the west, American Flat Road and Red Rock.  The subject was located by a Deputy at a friend’s house, southwest of Lemmon Valley Elementary School.

Recent Searches – 9/28/2013

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR assisted WCSO Deputies in searching for a missing Alzheimer’s subject in the Joy Lake Rd. area off the Mt. Rose Highway.  Search teams searched surrounding roads and trails before the subject was located in the gated community of St. James Village by WCSO Deputies.