SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Pelican Point dock to search for a boat that called for assistance from the Hell’s Kitchen area. RAVEN was already in the air on patrol, so they made it to the lake relatively quickly. Just before SAR boats arrived at staging, RAVEN located the boat in distress, beached at the south end of Hell’s Kitchen. Both M10 and M20 were launched, and with the coordinates supplied from RAVEN, arrived at the location approximately 25 minutes later. The boat had experienced mechanical difficulties, so they were able to beach the boat and build a fire to keep warm. M10 initiated a tow while M20 shadowed the two boats back to staging.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR responded to Larkin Drive in Sparks to begin searching for a possible subject in the Truckee River. While driving on Interstate 80, a citizen had spotted a kayak on the shore, then saw what he believed to be a person holding onto some debris in the river. Sparks FD checked the area, but found nothing, nor did Storey County Deputies. TMFPD personnel were then called and located the kayak, which turned out to be a kayak that had been on the shore for a couple of months. To be cautious, Hasty Team personnel floated the river down to Lockwood, and WCSAR foot searchers checked the banks. Nothing was located.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the area of Nichols and McCarran to assist SPD detectives in locating evidence from a recent robbery.

SAR Staff and the Hasty Team responded to an area in the Painted Rock area of the Truckee River for a vehicle that was found submerged in the Truckee Canal. As teams were arriving at the location, the driver of the car arrived at the scene, explained the situation, and stated that no one else was in the vehicle. A tow truck was used to pull the vehicle from the water.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Bordertown to search for a subject that was injured in a mountain bike crash. TMFPD and WCSO Deputies were first to access the site, followed closely by SAR personnel. The subject’s injuries were severe enough to request Care Flight, which was able to land approximately 1/4 mile from the subjects crash location. Medical personnel treated the patient and were assisted by SAR members in packaging the subject into a wheeled litter for the trip to Care Flight. He was loaded on the helicopter and flown to a local hospital.