Yearly Archives: 2017

3/17/2017 – Lemmon Valley Flood Assist

SAR Staff and Hasty Team responded to the Lemmon Valley area to assist Incident Command in locating and blocking various storm drains along Lemmon Drive so that the water that was being pumped from the flooded areas, back into Swan Lake, would not re-enter the flooded areas.

3/12/2017 – Missing ATV Rider

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the area of Axe Handle Road to search for a missing and overdue ATV rider. Teams were sent to the Moon Rocks area, Ironwood and Wilcox Ranch Road area, and the mountainous areas south and east of Axe Handle Road. RAVEN was also brought in to augment the search. As the night progressed, it was discovered that the subject did have a cell phone, although it was reported earlier that he did not. Cell phone pings showed the subject being in the hills southwest of the Walmart on SR445. RAVEN was able to locate the ATV, but not the subject. As SAR Staff was responding to the area, the subject was located at the corner of Queen Way and Farr Lane. After questioning, he was transported home.

3/11/2017 – Peavine Snow Survey

SAR Staff, Hasty, SVU, and WCSAR assisted the National Weather Service and FEMA in conducting snow surveys on the north side of Peavine. The goal was to ascertain how much water is in the snowpack that could cause additional problems to the flooding issues in Lemmon Valley.

3/5/2017 – Stranded Vehicle on Henness Pass Rd.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the Verdi entrance to Henness Pass to locate a subject that was stuck and out of fuel on Henness Pass Rd. Before search teams arrived at staging, the subject recontacted authorities to say that he had been rescued by snowmobilers in the area.