Yearly Archives: 2015

6/6/2015 – Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, WCSAR, and WOOF assisted Pershing County S.O. in a mutual aid request to search for a missing subject in the Buena Vista Valley/Stillwater Mountain Range, approximately 30 miles east of Lovelock. The subject was last see about about three weeks ago, and although his truck and campsite were located previous to this mission, nothing was found during the day-long search.

5/30/2015 – EMS Callout

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Thomas Creek Trailhead on a report of a subject with a broken leg. Truckee Meadows Fire and REMSA located the subject before the first SAR teams arrived on scene, but SAR assisted in the transport to the ambulance.

5/27/2015 – Lost Hikers

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to both the Davis Creek trailhead and Tahoe Meadows to search for two lost subjects on the Ophir Creek Trail. Cell phone coordinates put them on the north side of Ophir Creek, west of Rock Lake. Teams accessed the area from both the bottom and top, while ATV’s were sent toward the area via the Little Valley Road. Foot teams were able to locate the subjects at the coordinates, and guide them safely back to the trail and down to the command post at Davis Creek Campground.

5/26/2015 – Stranded Subjects

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to mile marker 25 on SR447 to search for a father and 8 year old son that were stranded in the Winnemucca Dry Lake bed, which had become very wet and muddy due to recent rains. As teams were arriving at staging, it was discovered that the subjects had self-extricated. SAR response was cancelled.

5/21/2015 – Stuck Snowcat

SAR Staff, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Mt. Rose summit to locate and rescue two subjects in a snowcat near the top of Relay Ridge. The Telecommunications snowcat had partially slid off the road while attempting to access the communication towers on the peak. A SAR snowcat located the subjects, and with some shoveling and pulling, brought the errant snowcat back onto the road. Both snowcats backed down the road, got turned around, and returned to staging.