Yearly Archives: 2018

8/17/2018 – Bone Recovery

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and SVU assisted Carson City Detectives in locating bones that were found by a diver in the water on the east shore of Lake Tahoe. Items were recovered, but whether they were human or animal has not been determined.

8/17/2018 – Berry Fire Evacuations

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Bellvue Road to conduct fire evacuation notices for an area west of Old Highway 395. As the first teams were leaving staging, fire crews were able to get a handle on the progression of the fire. Teams were brought back to staging and released.

8/13/2018 – Pyramid Lake Boat out of Fuel

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU responded to Pelican Dock to locate a boat that had run out of fuel in the area of the Needles. The reporting party stated that there were seven subjects on board, all wearing life vests, and no one in distress. M10 located the subjects in the area of the Needles and towed them back to Pelican Dock.

8/12/2018 – Moon Rocks EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the Moon Rocks to assist TMFPD in locating a juvenile subject that had been injured while dirt-biking. En route, it was learned that the subject had been transported to a local hospital by a private vehicle. SAR response was cancelled.

8/11/2018 – Lost Mountain Biker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the entrance to Hobart Lake in the Lakeview area to locate a mountain biker who was lost and out of water. With a cell phone ping, teams traveled to the subject’s location, supplied water and transported the subject back to staging. He was given a ride to Tunnel Creek Cafe by SAR Staff.