Yearly Archives: 2021

8/5/21 – Lost/Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to two different staging locations to search for a subject who called a relative, stating his vehicle was stuck on a road above the Floriston area. When back-country teams accessed the location, the subject was not in the vehicle. SVU personnel were then sent in from the Garson Rd. side to search for the subject while the BC teams tracked the individual. The subject was located, wet and cold, approximately five miles from his vehicle by SVU teams. He was treated for mild hypothermia and transported down to the staging location at Garson Rd. where he declined medical from TMFR.

8/1/21 – Jumbo Grade Rollover

SAR staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU responded to the Jumbo Grade OHV staging area to assist TMFR, Care Flight, and REMSA in accessing a rollover accident involving a side x side with four occupants. Two subjects were transported by Care Flight helicopters and two were transported by ground ambulance from the staging location.

7/24/21 – Relay Peak EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC assisted TMFR with locating, packaging, and transporting a subject that was solo hiking a part of the Tahoe Rim Trail. The subject was experiencing hip pain and nausea. She was placed on a stokes and wheel and moved approximately 1.25 miles to a TMFR side x side that is configured to transport a stokes basket. The subject was then taken to staging and transferred to an ambulance.