Yearly Archives: 2018

9/1/2018 – Garson Road EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Garson Road entrance to Hunter Lake on the report of a subject experiencing a medical episode approximately four miles from the staging area. As teams were arriving at staging, Care Flight was able to access the subject, stabilize, and transport to a hospital.

9/1/2018 – Pyramid Lake Patrols

The SVU performed safety patrols at Pyramid Lake for the Labor Day weekend. PFD reminders for paddle-boarders and safety flag reminders for swimmers in the water near a boat were the main subjects of the day.

8/29/2018 – Overdue Subjects

SAR Staff, Air Squadron, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to an area south of Vya/east of Eagleville, CA to search for two overdue campers. The reporting party, stated that they were supposed to be home on Monday, but waited until Wednesday to report them overdue. RAVEN attempted to fly into the area, but were turned back by winds. The Air Squadron flew the area, but did not spot the subjects. Ground teams were deployed from Gerlach to possible areas by either SR34 or SR447. Two ground teams that had staged east of Eagleville located the subjects at a campsite known as “Home Camp”. They were fine and were surprised anyone was looking for them. There had evidently been some miscommunication as to when they were supposed to be home.

8/27/2018 – Missing Juveniles

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to an area in Sun Valley to search for two missing juveniles. As SAR assets were arriving at staging, the subjects were located by patrol deputies.

8/20/2018 – Lost Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to a staging location on Larkin Circle to search for a subject that was lost somewhere between Sparks and Tracy, in the mountains to the north. RAVEN located the subject, landed, then transported the subject to the staging location on Larkin Circle.