Yearly Archives: 2020

4/2/20 – Vehicle Recovery

SAR Staff and the Hasty Team assisted Storey County with recovering a submerged vehicle that was located in a canal. The location was right on the Washoe County, Storey County line. Hasty divers attached the cables so that a large tow truck could bring the vehicle to dry land.

3/27/20 – EMS Hoist Mission

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and RAVEN assisted CareFlight, Lyon County Fire and SAR with the hoist of one of three injured subjects from a canyon to the west of Dayton. The subjects were injured in an off-road accident.

3/20/20 – Back Country Skier Needing Assistance

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR began responding to an area north of the Mt. Rose Ski Resort on the report of a subject that was back country skiing and ended up in the Galena Creek drainage, but needed help getting out. He called his girlfriend, who called 911 for help. As teams were en route, the subject was able to self-extricate. SAR response was cancelled.