Monthly Archives: June 2018

6/12/2018 – Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Winnemucca Ranch Rd. area to initially search for one missing subject, which turned out to be part of a group of four. A vehicle with three subjects became stuck in the Bedell Flats area and called for assistance from a friend. The friend never showed up, so they called 911. A WCSO Deputy located the stuck vehicle and transported them to staging. SAR was tasked in locating the friend that was supposed to be in the area. The missing subject and vehicle, which actually had four people inside, was located near the road to Bedell Flats by a SAR team. They were not stuck, so the occupants were escorted back to staging.

Lake Tahoe Sinking Boat

SAR Staff and the Hasty Team began responding to the Sand Harbor area on the report of a 21′ sailboat that was sinking. The two occupants boarded a kayak and safely escaped the sinking boat. Park Rangers located the occupants safely on shore. SAR response was cancelled.

6/3/2018 – Hunter Creek Trail EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, and WCSAR were assisted by REMSA and TMFPD in locating, treating, and transporting a hiker that was experiencing medical problems approximately two miles up the trail. After the subject was packaged, she was hoisted to RAVEN and transported down to the staging area where she was transferred to a waiting ambulance.

6/2/2018 – Injured Hiker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR were requested to assist TMFPD with an injured subject approximately one mile up the Hunter Creek Trail. As SAR teams were arriving at the staging location, TMFPD personnel located the subject who was ambulatory, but not feeling well. She was escorted down to staging.

6/2/2018 – Missing PWC Pyramid Lake

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and SVU began responding to Pyramid Lake to search for an overdue PWC with two subjects, out of the Windless Bay area. As teams were responding, the subjects returned to their camp, stating that they were having mechanical difficulties and were delayed. SAR assets were cancelled.