On 12-30-08 EDSO, in the early evening, received a call about a missing subject, from his daughter's home, at 1600 hours (time he was missing). This was in the Garden Valley Area. The temperatures were cold and certainly hostile for a subject at risk on overnight event.
A hasty search was started that night. Deputy Matt Cathey rostered up the cavalry
A subsequent full callout came at 500am 12-31-08 by Deputy Cathey. About 800am, a CARDA team found the subject alive and in need of medical attention. He was transported to primary care and is apparently stable at last report, per CP personnel who were closing down the mission.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Late Night Assist- WWI subject
As reported by a fellow SAR member on our yahoo site(#217) who was either working late or wide-awake otherwise, the .805 came alive early AM on 12-27-08 (200am).
Apparently a college student was reported as WWI (walking while intoxicated) and missing- Acronym Trademarked by Ron Blackburn.
Deputy Morgan directly dispatched 3 local dog teams from the greater Pollock Pines area; no general callout at this time.
The missing subject was discovered as an ininvited guest on someone else's porch, as related to 911. Good thing, as this was not a night (freezing temperatures) to be stumbling around as WWI.
Apparently a college student was reported as WWI (walking while intoxicated) and missing- Acronym Trademarked by Ron Blackburn.
Deputy Morgan directly dispatched 3 local dog teams from the greater Pollock Pines area; no general callout at this time.
The missing subject was discovered as an ininvited guest on someone else's porch, as related to 911. Good thing, as this was not a night (freezing temperatures) to be stumbling around as WWI.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Bassi Falls Search
On November 30, 2008 EDSO received a call from an out of area relative stating her elderly father and companion were overdue from a hiking trip and did not show up for their in-county dinner reservations. Patrol deputies were dispatched to several possible in-county waterfall/hiking settings, looking for the described vehicle.
Sgt Morton, the coordinator on call, placed a callout for SAR members to brainstorm on what venue the reporting party might be describing. Several members, consulting memory, the internet and maps offered their thoughts. Still no car, no callout.
Patrol Deputy 12 Charles Tom (training unit) and accompanying trainee deputy traveled to the forest service spur leading to Bassi Falls trail in the Crystal Basin. The subject's car was located at the trailhead parking area.
Members responding to the callout arrived between 2300 and 100 hours. Two hasty teams went in to look for the subject and to retrieve the two deputies at Bassi Falls, with dead flashlights. The larger team split up for a wider return to CP, in order to provide a better search strategy. The team comprised by the two deputies and Mike R located the subjects, who had been out for the second night and only equipped for a fair weather day trek. After stabilization and warming, the subjects were slowly walked out to a forest service access for further medical assessment.
The temperature was dipping below 40deg F as the search was concluding.
Paul Duer added:
The SAR that started last night ended successfully about 3 a.m. this morniing.
The subjects were located around midnight, uninjured and ambulatory. However, getting them out proved to be an adventure in itself. They had been out Saturday night as well, and both were cold and exhausted. One them had cardiac history. After an extended hike with several pauses to rest, they made it to an ambulance and were taken to Marshall Hospital for evaluation.
This mission had a bunch of challenges behind the scenes, including scratchy, intermittent communications, newly blocked forest roads, and two patrol deputies deep in the woods with dead flashlights. Improvisation was the order of the day. OHV members and county communications staff were drafted as foot searchers, management proved that color laser printers can work outdoors in close-to-freezing temperatures, and one of the deputies reportedly lit his path with his Taser.
This was the second successful SAR mission in four days and, notably, the second nighttime find. SAR can now claim credit for three subjects in a single week.
Sgt Morton, the coordinator on call, placed a callout for SAR members to brainstorm on what venue the reporting party might be describing. Several members, consulting memory, the internet and maps offered their thoughts. Still no car, no callout.
Patrol Deputy 12 Charles Tom (training unit) and accompanying trainee deputy traveled to the forest service spur leading to Bassi Falls trail in the Crystal Basin. The subject's car was located at the trailhead parking area.
Members responding to the callout arrived between 2300 and 100 hours. Two hasty teams went in to look for the subject and to retrieve the two deputies at Bassi Falls, with dead flashlights. The larger team split up for a wider return to CP, in order to provide a better search strategy. The team comprised by the two deputies and Mike R located the subjects, who had been out for the second night and only equipped for a fair weather day trek. After stabilization and warming, the subjects were slowly walked out to a forest service access for further medical assessment.
The temperature was dipping below 40deg F as the search was concluding.
Paul Duer added:
The SAR that started last night ended successfully about 3 a.m. this morniing.
The subjects were located around midnight, uninjured and ambulatory. However, getting them out proved to be an adventure in itself. They had been out Saturday night as well, and both were cold and exhausted. One them had cardiac history. After an extended hike with several pauses to rest, they made it to an ambulance and were taken to Marshall Hospital for evaluation.
This mission had a bunch of challenges behind the scenes, including scratchy, intermittent communications, newly blocked forest roads, and two patrol deputies deep in the woods with dead flashlights. Improvisation was the order of the day. OHV members and county communications staff were drafted as foot searchers, management proved that color laser printers can work outdoors in close-to-freezing temperatures, and one of the deputies reportedly lit his path with his Taser.
This was the second successful SAR mission in four days and, notably, the second nighttime find. SAR can now claim credit for three subjects in a single week.
