Yearly Archives: 2020

8/23/20 – Blackfoot Fire Evacuations

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to a staging location on N. Virginia to begin evacuation notices for a brush fire in the Horizon Hills subdivision area. Upon arrival, fire assets had stopped forward movement of the fire and SAR response was cancelled.

8/20/20 – Tunnel Creek Trail EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team BC, and WCSAR BC responded to the Tunnel Creek Cafe entrance to the trail to locate a mountain biker that had crashed off the side of the trail. A Conservation Corp group located the subject and started walking him down the trail to their vehicle. NLTFPD and Hasty drove to the where the CC vehicle was parked, approximately two miles from the crash site. The subject was transported to staging.

8/16/20 – Tahoe Drowning

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU again assisted Douglas County with searching for a drowning victim at about mid-lake, using ROVs. The subject was not located.

8/15/20 – Loyalton Fire Evacuations

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the fire station in Silver Knolls to perform fire evacuations for the residences along Red Rock Road, north of Silver Knolls due to the Loyalton Fire. As darkness arrived, the fire was deemed to not be a threat to the area, so SAR resources were released for the evening.