Yearly Archives: 2018

8/5/2018 – Mutual Aid Search for Drowning Victim

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and Washoe County Search & Recovery responded to a staging area at Edgewood Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe to assist Douglas County, El Dorado County, and South Lake Tahoe Police in locating and recovering a drowning subject from the previous day. Through the use of swimmers, divers, and scent dogs, the subject was located approximately 1/2 mile from shore. He was recovered, brought to shore, and handed over to El Dorado officials.

8/4/2018 – Possible Missing Swimmer at Incline Beach

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR responded to Incline Beach to assist local agencies in locating a possible missing swimmer. Only one reporting party was involved, stating the saw one female and two males enter the water. Three males exited the water, and the reporting party was not sure if they were the same group he saw enter the water. No one was reported missing, and there weren’t any empty beach chairs. Divers and swimmers were deployed in the area, but nothing was located.

8/3/2018 – Tunnel Creek EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR began responding to the Tunnel Creek area for an EMS callout. Before teams arrived at the staging area, NLTFPD located the subject and transported.