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.

5/21/21 – Double Hot EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty/REMSA medics, Hasty, RAVEN, SVU, and NAS Fallon were requested to respond to Double Hot hot springs on the Black Rock playa for a subject that had fallen into the hot springs and was severely scalded. The subject was given medical treatment, packaged, then flown by NAS Fallon to Renown.

5/19/21 – Mt. Rose Lost Hikers

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and WCSAR BC responded to the Mt. Rose Summit parking lot to locate two subjects that were lost and cold. Cell phone coordinates placed them about 750′ northwest of the Galena Creek Falls. Ground teams located them at the location, provided warm clothing, and guided them back to staging.

5/13/21 – Truckee River Body Recovery

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR assisted Sparks PD in recovering a deceased subject located in the Truckee River just east of the East McCarran Bridge. Teams also conducted an evidence search in the area, in and along the river banks.

5/11/21 – Jones Creek Trail EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and WCSAR BC assisted TMFR and REMSA with locating, packaging, and transporting a hiker that had suffered an upper body injury. The patient was safely moved to staging.