Yearly Archives: 2021

9/2/21 – Culpepper Drive EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty Team Medics, and the SVU were requested to stage on Culpepper Drive, in Sparks, to locate a runner in the hills above this location that was having a medical episode. As teams were en route, REMSA located the subject. SAR response was cancelled.

8/30/21 – Evidence Search

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR were requested for an evidence search on the Mt. Rose Highway near Sky Tavern. The item of interest was located.

8/18/21 – Lockwood Body Recovery

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR responded to an area northeast of Lockwood on the report of a deceased subject in the river. Teams located, packaged, and transported the subject to staging.

8/15/21 – Pyramid Lake Swimmer

SAR Staff, Hasty Team swimmers, and the SVU began responding to Pyramid Lake for a 14yo subject that was swimming off of Block House Beach. He did not have a PFD and was approximately 200 yards or more off shore and would not come back to the group he was with. Pyramid Lake also launched a boat and located the subject. He was supplied with a PFD and brought onto the boat. SAR response was cancelled.

8/13/21 – Lost e-Bikers

SAR Staff, the SVU, and a Hasty Team medic staged at the Lakeview entrance to the Hobart Lake area to locate three subjects that were lost, out of water, and had one e-Bike that was out of power. Using a cell phone ping, the subjects were located north of the Red House area. The subjects were given water, the bikes were strapped to side x sides, and the group was transported down to staging where they were picked up by the e-Bike rental company from Lake Tahoe.