Yearly Archives: 2018

9/22/2018 – Pyramid Lake Boat in Distress

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU began responding to Pyramid Lake on the report of a boat that was in need of assistance in the area of the Pyramid. As SAR assets were leaving town, it was learned that a private citizen was towing the boat back to Pelican Dock. SAR response continued until Pyramid Lake Police notified SAR Staff that the boat was safely back at Pelican Dock. SAR response was cancelled.

9/22/2018 – Continued Search for Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Tannenbaum Events Center to search areas in the vicinity for a missing subject whose car was located in the parking lot. She had been reported missing 9/19. Negative results.

9/21/2018 – Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and RAVEN assisted WCSO detectives in searching an area around the Tannenbaum Event Center for a missing subject whose car was found in the parking lot. Negative results.

9/9/2018 – Lost Hiker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR assisted Carson City and Douglas County in searching for a missing/lost subject in the Skunk Harbor area of Lake Tahoe. The subject had gone hiking the previous afternoon and was not heard from at a predetermined time. Ground teams searched the area into Saturday night before the mission was suspended. Teams were about to begin again early Sunday morning, but a Fallon Longhorn helicopter located the subject on the shore of Lake Tahoe and performed a hoist. The subject was taken to a landing zone where he was checked out by medical personnel.