Yearly Archives: 2021

6/7/21 – Washoe Lake Water Rescue

SAR Staff and Hasty Team swimmers assisted TMFR with locating two subjects on the west side of Washoe Lake near the Bellvue exit that were floundering a couple of hundred yards off shore. As SAR resources were beginning to arrive, the subjects were able to self-rescue to the shore.

6/5/21 – Lost Subjects

SAR Staff, a Hasty Medic, and the SVU responded to the Verdi area to locate two subjects in a side x side that were lost in the Dog Valley area. Through the use of a cell phone ping, the subjects were located and guided safely back to staging.

5/30/21 – Hunter Creek Trail Stranded Rock Climber

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and WCSAR BC responded to the Michael Thompson Trailhead to locate and rescue a free-climber that was stuck on a steep slope of loose rock. He was in a position that would not let him go up, down, or sideways. Once teams located the subject, they used a rope system to lower him down 450′ to the trail so that he could be escorted back to staging.

5/28/21 – Browns Creek EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC staged at the Tannenbaum Events Center to locate a hiker on the Browns Creek Trail that was lost and complaining that he didn’t feel well. As SAR teams were arriving at staging, TMFR located the subject and transported him to REMSA medics.

5/23/21 – Mountain Biker EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and WCSAR BC staged at the Tannenbaum Event Center for a mountain biker that had sustained injuries from a fall on a trail paralleling Galena Creek. NLTFPD personnel accessed the area first and were able to package the patient, then moved him to a side x side for transport to a waiting ambulance.