Monthly Archives: August 2019

8/31/19 – Injured Hiker and Dog

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR were assisted by TMFPD for callout dealing with a hiker that had taken a fall on the Hunter Creek Trail. Her dog also took a tumble. It was initially reported that the dog was not ambulatory, but when the first responding searchers reached their location, the dog was able to walk, and the hiker had some scrapes. They were escorted down to staging.

8/27/19 – Mt. Rose Disabled Motorist

SAR Staff and the SVU began responding to the Mt. Rose Ski Resort parking lot to access a subject whose vehicle was stuck on a dirt road in the area, and he was disabled and not able to walk out. As teams were arriving in the area of staging, another vehicle came across him and got him out of his stuck predicament. Further SAR response was cancelled.

8/26/19 – Canoe Recovery

SAR Staff and the Hasty Team recovered an abandoned canoe from the Truckee River, west of Lockwood. The vessel had been called in numerous times by passing motorists.

8/17/19 – Mt. Rose Trail EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, and WCSAR responded to the Mt. Rose summit parking lot to locate a subject that experienced a medical episode and was non-ambulatory. Foot teams arrived shortly before RAVEN got on scene. The subject was packaged and hoisted for the 1.75 mile flight to staging where he was handed over to medical personnel for a trip to the hospital.