On Tuesday, February 21 at approximately 1200 hours, LVMPDSAR received reports of a man who had gone snowshoeing up the south loop trail and decided to try to short cut the north loop trail until he ended up on the cliff bands below the ridge.
Two pilots and three Officers flew in the Huey to the area and located the uninjured victim at 1245.
One Officer was lowered via hoist to the ground where he was able to prepare the victim in the Bauman Screamer Suit for the hoist into the helicopter.
Once placed in the suit, the Victim and Officer were hoisted into the Huey where both were secured inside the aircraft. The Victim was then flown to a landing zone where U.S. Forestry and LVMPD Resident officers were waiting.
The victim was located within the vicinity of N 36 16.825, W 115 41.187 at 9600 feet
North Loop Trail Rescue
Two Person Lowers & Two Rescues
Last weekend, our Air Unit and Mountain Rescue volunteers worked together to conduct a training session on the ridgeline of Calico 1 at Red Rock. The volunteers were split into 3 teams and were placed in separate locations. Each team worked on various raising and lowering techniques with both one-person and two-person loads.
Splitting the Unit into 3 separate teams does a couple of things. It gives our team the ability to work in a tight-knit group and it allows everyone to practice working at each station. As you know, it takes multiple people to conduct a rescue, so we strive to emulate real-world scenarios in our training sessions.
As the Unit was conducting its training session, the Sergeant received information on reports of a fallen climber in Calico II. Since the team was so close, the helicopter picked up two rescuers from Calico I and headed to the area of the fallen climber. After finding her and assessing the situation, it was determined that her injuries were minor. Fire crews completed the assessment and treatment as rescuers left the scene.
As Mountain Rescue volunteers left Sunday's training session, a second call came in from dispatch. This time it was reports of a hiker who had attempted to find a short cut down the mountain. He was attempting to get back to his car as the sun was setting, but instead of finding a short cut, he ended up stranded on a cliff face without a way of going up or down. A team of volunteers were flown about 70 feet above the hiker where they set up technical systems and lowered a rescuer to the ledge where the hiker had cliffed out. The rescuer placed a harness on the victim and the rest of the team raised both the rescuer and the hiker to a LZ where the hiker was flown out. No injuries were reported.
New Items For Sale!
We have a bunch of new inventory available and ready for purchase! Head to our store and check out new t-shirt designs for both men and women along with a new sweatshirt design!
Don't forget that all proceeds collected from online sales benefit our volunteers. We can't thank you enough for all of your support!
Litter Operations & The International Sportsmen's Exposition
This month's Mountain Rescue training was conducted at Red Rock and the focus was litter operations. It was the team's first big training session of the year, so it was time to shake out the cobwebs and get back to work. For the entire day, team members rotated through the numerous stations that it takes to conduct a mission. Main line, belay line, haul team, edge person, litter attendant, victim, etc. Volunteers rotated after every evolution, which meant that everyone had their hands on each station at least twice throughout the day.
Days like these are always fun. It gets the team working together. Skills are refreshed and so is team comaraderie.
Here's a shot of the entire team at work. The haul team can be seen on the far left with the main and belay stations located in the middle. To the right, the litter attendant is working his way over the edge transition with the help of edge people. Conducting technical rescue missions is no small feat!
Here's a shot of the entire team at work. The haul team can be seen on the far left with the main and belay stations located in the middle. To the right, the litter attendant is working his way over the edge transition with the help of edge people. Conducting technical rescue missions is no small feat!
Volunteers are securing a mock victim into the litter and attaching both the main and belay lines to the litter. Before the victim is sent over the edge, a safety officer runs through everything to ensure that everything is attached correctly.
Belay station attendant ready to start the operation.
Members of the Mountain Rescue Unit will be manning a booth at the International Sportsmen's Exposition this Thursday through Sunday. The Expo is being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is located at 3150 Paradise Dr. Come down and say hello!
It's $12 to get into the Expo (free for children and military), however, here's a link to receive $2 off of the ticket price. Use the promo code BLACKDOG when purchasing tickets here.
We look forward to seeing you this weekend!
Not Enough Info!
We do our best to keep this website updated with the latest and greatest at least once a week. However, sometimes we get really busy and convenience trumps a blog post.
Not to worry - we'll continue to post information here, but we thought that we'd clue everyone in on alternative sources of information.
If you're on twitter, follow us! If you're on facebook, like us! We tend to send out small bits of information that not only pertain to our activity, but the Search and Rescue community as a whole.
This information should have you doing a snow dance in no time. We sure are!
We Fly at Night
Did you know that we are one of the very few teams that will conduct night-time rescue missions? Not only are our Officers and Volunteers ready to roll 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but so are our Pilots. We're able to support these types of missions because of the countless hours of training and dedication that it takes to make it happen.
In the last couple of weeks, we've responded to a handful of rescue missions that have occurred at night. From a woman falling 30 feet to a pair of climbers with their ropes stuck on a multi-pitch climb, we've been on scene. Most of these rescue missions have occurred while the sun was down.
Although we're trained to respond at night, we encourage everyone to be prepared while they enjoy the outdoors. There are instances where we're unable to respond in the dark for reasons like terrain challenges or bad weather. For that reason, get outside and enjoy this gorgeous weather, but take enough food, water, and clothing to spend the night in the outdoors in a worst case scenario.
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