Yearly Archives: 2022

2/5/22 – Stampede Reservoir Recovery

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and the SVU responded to the Stampede Reservoir area to assist multiple agencies in the recovery of an ice skater that fell through the ice and did was unable to get out before he went under. Due to the impending darkness and the complexity of the recovery, the mission was suspended until the following morning.

2/4/22 – Whites Creek PLB

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR BC began responding to the Whites Creek Trailhead area to search for a subject that fired of his PLB. RAVEN was first in the area but was not finding any evidence of a hiker being in the area of the coordinates. The subject’s vehicle was located at one of the Galena Park lots. As teams were arriving at staging, the subject walked out to his vehicle. He had fired off his PLB due to a medical episode but felt better after a short period of time. He was checked by a Hasty medic and released.

2/3/22 – Evidence Search

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR assisted investigators with searching an area around a burned car that was located on Interstate 580, south of Reno. I body had been located in the car after fire fighters had extinguished the fire.

2/2/22 – Marlette Lake Missing Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, RAVEN, and the SVU responded to the Marlette Lake area to search for a missing subject that went on an overnight snow camping trip. RAVEN was able to locate the subject and perform a hoist. He was then flown to a staging location off of Highway 50 for further medical evaluation.

1/23/2022

SAR Staff and the SVU traveled to Buckhorn Rd., northwest of Gerlach, to rescue a stranded subject. The vehicle was extricated and the subject was escorted back to staging.