“It’s amazing we have people like this in the community who work search and rescue and are willing to drop everything they are doing in their lives and get out and help somebody else,” Commissioner Victor Iverson said.Ĭashin agreed, adding that members of the search and rescue team who were at Snow Canyon for the Island in the Sky incident Jan. “This gives you a rundown of how it’s been the last 30 days,” Cashin said.Ĭombined search and rescue man-hours for 2019, which includes time on calls and training, amounted to over 7,600 hours of donated time from the volunteers that make up the team, Cashin said. 28 and more recently, rappelling a woman with an injured foot over 400 feet down from Island in the Sky on Jan. 26 helping a man injured in an ATV accident in Sand Hollow State Park on Dec. 24 aiding Washington City emergency responders with a man who had attempted to hang himself in the cliffs above the Sullivan Virgin River Soccer Park on Dec. 22 a mother and her three young children who were stuck on Mollie’s Nipple in the Hurricane area on Dec. George NewsĪmong incidents of note that occurred during this time included responding to hikers stuck on Island in the Sky in Snow Canyon State Park on Dec. The Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team responds to a call in Washington County, Utah, May 2019 | Photo courtesy of Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, St. 21, 2020, search and rescue teams responded to around 14 incidents that ranged from injured hikers and standard motorists to missing juveniles and lost ATV groups. and Sheriff’s Office liaison for the search and rescue team Darrel Cashin told the Washington County Commission Tuesday.ĭuring its second meeting each month, the commission has an emergency services report given by a representative of the Sheriff’s Office who reports on search and rescue activity over the last 30 days.Īs of Tuesday, the team had responded to a total of 10 calls in the new year.īetween Dec. “It’s been kind of busy,” Washington County Sheriff’s Sgt. The Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team responds to a call in Washington County, Utah, December 2019 | Photo courtesy of Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, St. GEORGE - The Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team ended 2019 with a total of 130 call outs, just three calls shy of breaking 2018’s record.
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