Yearly Archives: 2021

10/17/21 – PahRah Mountains Stranded Subjects

SAR Staff, a Hasty medic, and the SVU responded to a staging location on Wilcox Ranch Rd. to locate two subjects that had become stranded while driving a side x side. Teams located the stranded vehicle, but the subjects were not there. RAVEN was then brought in to assist the search. While SVU teams were searching roads and trails in the area, RAVEN was able to locate the subjects in a shed on PahRah Springs Rd. IMT and SAR staff drove to the location and transported the subjects to their vehicle and trailer.

10/16/21 – Mt. Rose Lost Hikers

SAR Staff and the Hasty Team responded to the Mt. Rose Peak area to locate two lost hikers. They had started out early in the day with an initial destination of Church’s Pond. Once they reached that location, they decided to continue up to Mt. Rose Peak. Unfortunately, due to snow, they lost the trail and became lost. A ground team, including a medic, hiked up the main trail to the peak, then down to the subject’s location. After a medical evaluation, they were escorted down to a location on the Mt. Rose Highway where they were all picked up by SAR and IMT staff.

10/3/21 – Washoe Valley Stranded Offroaders

SAR Staff, a Hasty medic, and the SVU responded to a location in east Washoe Valley to locate two stranded offroaders. As personnel were arriving at staging, the two subjects walked out of the hills to the staging location. Further SAR response was cancelled.

9/25/21 – Pyramid Lake Missing Paddleboarder

SAR Staff, Hasty Team swimmers, the SVU, and WCSAR were requested to respond to Pelican Point on the report of a paddleboarder that was last seen in the early afternoon and had not returned by 6:30p.m. Further investigation found that the subject was attempting to paddle to the Pyramid and back. As SAR teams were responding, the subject was spotted by Pyramid Lake Police approximately one mile south of Marina Beach and well out in the lake. Pyramid Lake launched a boat and recovered the subject. SAR response was cancelled.

9/13/21 – Hidden Valley Park EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to Hidden Valley Park to locate a mountain bike rider with possible serious injuries in the hills to the east. TMFR was also on scene, as was REMSA. The subject was located as SAR teams were arriving. Although a few members hiked to the location of the accident, SAR response was cancelled.