Yearly Archives: 2019

8/13/19 – Stranded Subjects

SAR Staff and the SVU responded to a staging location at the south end of Winnemucca Dry Lake to search for two subjects that were stranded approximately 15 miles to the east. The subjects were located with a flat tire. The spare was installed and they were led back to staging.

8/3/19 – Pyramid Lake Disabled Boat

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to a staging location at Pelican Dock to assist Pyramid Lake Fire in searching for a boat that had run out of fuel with seven people on board. Cell phone coordinates placed the vessel approximately eight miles north of Pelican Point. Just as Marine 10 and 20 were launching, Pyramid Lake Fire located the boat and took in under tow. Marine 10 was sent to shadow the two boats back to Pelican dock as a safety precaution.

7/24/19 – Lost Hiker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, and WCSAR responded to the Michael Thompson Trailhead to search for a disoriented hiker. The subject’s ping placed him approximately 300′ north of the trailhead, but in the dark, he was confused about his location. With RAVEN using a spotlight and ground searchers, he was quickly located and guided back to staging.

7/22/19 – Subject in Truckee River

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR assisted Sparks PD in attempting to locate a 15yo subject that jumped into the river at Glendale and Galletti Way. Teams searched from that point all the way down to an area east of Cottonwood Park. Nothing was located.

7/21/19 – Mt. Rose Motorcycle Accident

SAR Staff and the Hasty team responded to a location just below the Mt. Rose summit on the east side to assist Fire personnel with a low-angle rope rescue for a motorcyclist that went over the edge of the road.