SAR Staff and the SVU responded to the Henness Pass Rd. out of Verdi to locate a stranded motorist. As teams were headed up the road….the road that has multiple signs warning that it is not maintained and not to trust your GPS (Interstate 80 was closed), one abandoned vehicle was located, then a second abandoned vehicle. As teams traveled further up, the subject that had called 911 for help was located. The vehicle was left there, and he was loaded up to transport down to staging. Part of the team headed up to check the road to First Summit, but nothing was located. On the way down, a vehicle was found at the spot where the first abandoned vehicle was located, stuck in the ditch. That subject was also transported down to staging where both of them were taken to Gold Ranch Casino.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the area of Laramie Drive and Old 395 in Pleasant Valley to search for a missing female that was last seen walking on West Laramie. As teams were en route, she was located by a TMFPD crew. SAR assets were cancelled.

SVU was requested to use side x sides to access a residence on Grass Valley Drive in Palomino Valley to evacuate a resident. As the team was about to deploy, the resident contacted dispatch and changed her mind due to the fact that her horses would need to be cared for, and they were not being evacuated.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Lakeside Dr./Holcomb Ranch Rd. area to conduct evacuation notices for residences that were being flooded, or endangered of being flooded, from overflowing ponds and the Steamboat Ditch.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR were again requested to search for multiple stranded motorists on the Henness Pass Rd. Interstate 80 was closed, so map apps have guided wayward motorists through this impassable route. 4×4 teams were almost able to make it to the first summit, but were blocked by heavy, wet snow. Possible tracks had gone farther, but they were getting covered by the snow. Two tracked ATV’s traveled farther, past the first summit, and a good portion of the way to the second summit, but nothing was located. On the way down, a van that did not stop at the road block, was located stuck. The van was occupied by 10 subjects on their way to California. Six of the subjects were transported down to staging, where they were then transported to the Gold Ranch truck stop. SAR teams were able to get the van chained up, unstuck, and turned around. The other four occupants were escorted down to staging.