Monday, June 27th, 2016
Rainelle,West Virginia.
Black Diamond members worked side by side with the West Va state police, DNR, military and local fire and rescue. Tasks including residential searches, welfare checks, distribution of emergency relief supplies, and assisted with a ground search for a missing 73 year old subject with dementia, who was found status 1.
Thank you to all our members who responded to assist our West Virginia neighbors. BD-2
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Mission: VA-019-16
On March 5, 2016, Black Diamond was dispatched to Patrick County, Virginia for a Full Call out including Ground, K-9 and Management. For a missing 18 year old female hiker, separated from her hiking party in the Rock Castle Gorge area of Rocky Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Subject was found alive and well.
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Friday, February 26th, 2016
Black Diamond was dispatched to Henry County, VA for a full call out for a missing 62 year old female. She was found hypothermic and dehydrated but alive by searchers.
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
VA-010-16 – Montgomery Co. – K9 Response requested for a missing 13 year old. Mission ran as a law enforcement response. No further details to be released.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
Black Diamond was alerted for a full call out to Pittsylvania County, VA. All resources
from Ground, K9 & management were requested, The search was later turned over to law enforcement as a fugitive mission.
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Monday, December 7th, 2015
VA-077-15
Nov 23, 2015
Bristol Virginia – Full Call out for a Missing 19-year-old black male with Asperger’s Syndrome and/or is in the Autism spectrum. Due to this he may not respond to strangers. Subject was located due to investigation by Law Enforcement. The subject had been in the search area, however a business owner noticed the missing subject “hanging around the business”. Due to the cold weather and not wanting the subject loitering, the business owner paid for the subject’s room at the Super 8 motel. Once the identity of the subject had been verified, field resources were called back to base and the mission resumed as a law enforcement investigation.
Man hours – 30 Vehicle miles – 1,074
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Monday, December 7th, 2015
VA-075-15
Nov 14, 2015
Bland County Virginia – Full call out for a missing hunter. Subject is a 68-year old white male. Subject was found deceased.
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Monday, December 7th, 2015
Nov 13, 2015
Shady Valley Tennessee – Full call out for missing 16- year old female to support an ongoing search mission in Shady Valley Tennessee. The mission subject was separated from her hiking party on Nov 11, 2015. Virginia SAR resources were requested to assist in the ongoing search in the Cherokee National Forest in northeast Tennessee. After an extensive six day search mission, the missing girl was found, alive; Hungry, exhausted and dehydrated. After a short EVAC off the mountain, the subject was checked by EMS and reunited with her family. This successful mission was a joint effort from many Virginia and Tennessee agencies including SAR, Fire, Rescue and Law enforcement.
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Monday, December 7th, 2015
VA-071-15
Oct 31,2015
Wytheville Virginia – Full call out for two missing hikers. This search was during the GSAR Academy being held at Hungry Mother State Park. Resources were pooled from the various teams represented from across the state to respond. Both subjects were found alive.
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Monday, December 7th, 2015
Oct 25, 2015
Limestone, Tennessee – Limited call out, K-9 and walkers to assist law enforcement in the search of a missing subject from a suspicious house fire. Subject was located deceased.
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