Jefferson Search and Rescue, along with many other nearby SAR units, sent personnel to assist this morning with the search for a 10-year-old child for whom Mason County had been searching throughout the night. The child was located in the afternoon after extensive public outreach and search of the area by helicopter, UAV, ground teams and canine teams.
JSAR was called or put on standby for a number of searches recently that were closed prior to our personnel being dispatched or arriving on scene, including a missing hunter in the Neah Bay area (12/31/2019); a missing person along the Hoh River (1/17/2020) who was found and rescued by a US Coast Guard helicopter crew; a stranded kayaker in the Coyle area during a wind storm (1/31/2020) who was also rescued by a USCG helicopter crew; and the recovery of a deceased subject near Murhut Falls (2/15/2020).
JSAR assisted Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in the early hours of February 4 with a search for an adult who had become lost on Marrowstone Island. The subject was located quickly by law enforcement, and JSAR assisted with aid until East Jefferson Fire Rescue arrived to provide evaluation for cold injuries.
JSAR was paged early on the afternoon of Sunday, December 29, 2019, to assist Port Townsend PD with an ongoing search in and around the city for a missing adult. Unfortunately, the mission became a recovery a short time later. JSAR personnel worked with PTPD, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and East Jefferson Fire Rescue to recover the subject, accessing the North Beach area from the water to minimize work on and below unstable bluffs.
JCSO requested JSAR personnel for a search at Fort Worden. We responded this morning with five ground searchers, who worked closely with law-enforcement personnel from several agencies to search assigned areas around the last known position of the missing subject. The search was more resource-intensive than most, requiring air, sea and ground resources.
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JSAR responded to the Lake Constance trail on Saturday, 7/21/19, for a reported injured hiker. NAS Whidbey Island SAR helicopter crew was requested due to the nature of injuries and condition of the trail. Olympic Mountain Rescue was requested for additional technical rescuers in case a carryout became necessary. NASWI SAR was able to insert two crew members, find the patient and hoist him while ground crews were still hiking up the trail.
JSAR responded to Ranger Hole on the Duckabush on the evening of Saturday, August 31, 2019, to assist Brinnon Fire with the carryout of a subject with a broken leg.
JSAR responded on the afternoon of Friday, August 23, 2019, to Murhut Falls to work with Brinnon Fire, JCSO, Olympic National Forest, Washington State Parks and Olympic Mountain Rescue personnel on the technical rescue of a fall patient near the falls. A high line was set up to move the littered patient across the creek to the trail, and from there the patient was transported via wheeled litter to the trailhead.
JSAR responded in the early hours of Wednesday, July 31, 2019, to the Eglon area of Kitsap County to assist Kitsap ESAR with the search for a missing person, who was located shortly after daybreak.
JSAR and JCSO were dispatched on the evening of Sunday, July 14, 2019, to Hoodsport to assist Mason SAR with the search for a missing adult. The subject was located while Jefferson County assets were still en route.
JSAR was called to assist JCSO and canine teams with the search for an adult missing overnight. The subject was found shortly after the morning search began.
JSAR was called to search for a missing child who had become separated from his group in the area of Lower Lena Lake. As JSAR arrived at the trailhead, other hikers reported he had been located near Upper Lena Lake and was being led down the trail.
JSAR assisted Mason County with a multi-day search for a subject who fell in the area of the High Steel Bridge on FR 2340.
JSAR responded to or towards searches in Mason County and Grays Harbor County and a recovery in the Coyle area over March 28, 29 and 30.
JSAR assisted JCSO with a grid search for evidence in the Port Hadlock area.
JSAR assisted Clallam County SAR with a search of areas of Miller State Park for a missing adult.
JSAR responded to the Sandy Shore Lake area to assist JCSO and Port Ludlow Fire with the finding of a hunter lost and trapped by the terrain.
JSAR and Quilcene Fire Rescue responded to the Tunnel Creek Trail to locate and carry out an injured hiker about 15 minutes up the trail.
JSAR assisted JCSO with the search for a subject in the area of the Dosewallips washout and later assisted canine teams with additional searching.
