2014 SEARCH AND RESCUE ANNUAL REPORT
Photo courtesy: Tara Behunin, 2014
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report Note from the Chairman:
The Search and Rescue Advisory Board:
Reflecting on the past year, we have experienced significant changes. As a search and rescue community, we lost our friend Sheriff Lynn Yeates. We are grateful for him and his years of service. Specific to the Search and Rescue Advisory Board, Sheriff Lynn Nelson stepped down from his position as Chairman. We sincerely thank Sheriff Nelson for his 17 years of hard work, leadership and dedication to ensure the success of this state program. I was nominated to serve as Chair and in addition to this change, the Advisory Board welcomed Sheriff Nathan Curtis from Sevier County. We are excited to work with Sheriff Curtis and gain valuable input through his knowledge and experience.
Steven White, Utah Sheriffs Association, Chairman Jim Porter, Utah Search and Rescue Association, Co-Chairman Monte Coleman, Utah Search and Rescue Association Nathan Curtis, Utah Sheriff’s Association Cory Pulsipher, Utah Sheriff’s Association Kris Hamlet, Director, Utah Division of Emergency Management
As we press forward into another year of search and rescue throughout this great state, we reflect on the past year. Key statistics include:
Deb Burcombe, Citizen-at-Large
-$272,684 total funds distributed to participating counties -23 participating counties -923 people rescued by search and rescue team efforts In fiscal year 2014, we saw an increase in search reimbursement requests. With our priority and intent to always reimburse 100% of all approved search and training requests, only 15% of the total dollar amount of equipment requests were reimbursed. We appreciate your time, efforts and participation to support the Search and Rescue Financial Assistance Program. Most importantly, we thank you for your service to the citizens and tourists of Utah.
Board Support Kevin Bolander, Legal Counsel, Utah Attorney General’s Office Tara Behunin, Admin Support, Utah Division of Emergency Management (*These members are appointed to meet the terms according to Section 53-2a-1103).
Sincerely,
Sheriff Steve White, Chair
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2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report The House Bill
Search and Rescue Data
In 1997, John L. Valentine sponsored House Bill 32, creating the Search and Rescue (SAR) Financial Assistance Program. The Act, relating to public safety, imposes a Search and Rescue surcharge or fee to off-highway registered or renewed vehicles, registered or renewed motorboats and sailboats, and annual wildlife habitat authorizations. These contributions are deposited into the State General Fund and dedicated to the Search and Rescue Financial Assistance Program.
In Utah, each SAR mission is assigned a unique incident number to identify all reported events. All reports are filed with the Division of Emergency Management (DEM). The data from these incidents is entered into the SAR database and used to generate the statistics found in this report. The primary source of this data comes from the County Sheriffs’ Offices, who respond to the majority of the missions in the state.
These funds are available to reimburse counties for any reasonable costs incidental to search and rescue activities, not including any salary or overtime paid to any person on a regular or permanent payroll, including permanent part-time employees. Some of the approved costs are as follows: Rental for fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, snowmobiles, boats, and generators; Replacement and upgrade of search and rescue equipment; Training of search and rescue volunteers; and Any other equipment or expenses necessary or appropriate for conducting search and rescue activities.
All the data found in this report is derived from the reports submitted by the county sheriffs. The database includes only partial data. If DEM does not receive a report, then the SAR missions for that county are not portrayed in the annual report.
The Search and Rescue Advisory Board has established the reporting requirements and reviews all submitted expenses. Currently, the statutory reference, authority and requirements for the Search and Rescue Financial Assistance Program can be found in Utah State Code: 53-2a-1101 through 53-2a-1104.
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2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report The following graph displays the total funds distributed to the counties for State Fiscal Year 2014.
Total Fund Distribution
This graph shows the total funds distributed according to how the money was spent for State Fiscal Year 2014.
Total Fund Distribution
Amount Reimbursed $21,000
$18,000
Equipment $53,106 19%
$15,000
Search $120,068 44%
Search Training Equipment
$12,000
$9,000
$6,000
Training $99,690 37%
Training
WAYNE
Equipment
WEBER
WASHINGTON
UTAH WASATCH
UINTAH
TOOELE
SEVIER
SUMMIT
SANPETE
SAN JUAN
RICH SALT LAKE
PIUTE
MORGAN
KANE MILLARD
IRON
JUAB
GRAND
EMERY
Search
GARFIELD
DAVIS
DUCHESNE
DAGGETT
CACHE
CARBON
$0 BEAVER BOX ELDER
County
$3,000
Total funds distributed in State Fiscal Year 2014 amounted to $272,864.
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2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report The following graph displays the total funds distributed to the counties for State Fiscal Years 1998 - 2014.
Search
Training
Equipment
Total Fund Distribution
Amount Reimbursed
County BEAVER BOX ELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON JUAB KANE MILLARD MORGAN PIUTE RICH SALT LAKE SAN JUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT TOOELE UINTAH UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER
Total Fund Distribution
This graph shows the total funds distributed according to how the money was spent for State Fiscal Years 1998 2014.
$190,000 $180,000 $170,000 $160,000 $150,000 $140,000 $130,000 $120,000 $110,000 $100,000 $90,000 $80,000 $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $10,000 $0
Equipment $2,008,542 53%
Search $1,103,855 29%
Search Training Equipment Training $688,850 18%
Total funds distributed in State Fiscal Year 1998-2014 totals $3,801,247.
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2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This table identifies the amount of funding reimbursed to each county during 2014. Funding is broken down into the three eligible categories for reimbursement.
BEAVER BOX ELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON JUAB KANE MILLARD MORGAN PIUTE RICH SALT LAKE SAN JUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT TOOELE UINTAH UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER
Search $0 $7,735 $17,413 $0 $2,247 $0 $0 $3,884 $619 $3,589 $1,179 $0 $8,590 $654 $0 $0 $0 $2,766 $8,734 $4,654 $543 $21,923 $0 $0 $6,396 $5,481 $18,685 $2,583 $2,393
Training $0 $0 $20,964 $13,476 $9,029 $825 $0 $0 $99 $2,671 $818 $0 $162 $0 $0 $0 $0 $3,215 $0 $1,531 $6,483 $1,633 $2,077 $0 $17,119 $2,288 $1,751 $7,292 $8,257
Equipment $0 $0 $6,701 $0 $1,305 $5,050 $109 $1,748 $1,748 $6,701 $1,748 $0 $1,748 $1,748 $0 $0 $0 $6,701 $0 $1,748 $1,748 $1,748 $606 $0 $6,701 $0 $1,748 $1,748 $1,748
This table identifies the amount of funding reimbursed to each county between 1998 and 2014. Funding is broken down into the three eligible categories for reimbursement.
BEAVER BOX ELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON JUAB KANE MILLARD MORGAN PIUTE RICH SALT LAKE SAN JUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT TOOELE UINTAH UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER
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Search $2,540 $35,040 $76,751 $27,729 $6,659 $6,289 $3,144 $51,803 $13,201 $78,106 $8,073 $0 $43,021 $7,405 $4,077 $4,467 $210 $120,756 $53,141 $9,615 $18,176 $154,434 $22,132 $1,805 $119,543 $81,395 $113,546 $21,048 $19,751
Training $3,150 $11,560 $121,203 $40,143 $42,079 $15,064 $533 $2,168 $1,128 $20,553 $6,287 $1,869 $19,628 $0 $98 $0 $0 $88,461 $300 $18,643 $35,721 $34,204 $11,789 $0 $71,500 $15,455 $43,552 $7,366 $76,427
Equipment $33,097 $1,651 $173,159 $90,110 $6,789 $98,966 $38,417 $76,270 $44,850 $199,004 $137,060 $3,865 $40,131 $23,939 $20,320 $6,380 $0 $154,643 $628 $87,417 $72,343 $84,717 $24,031 $5,425 $141,561 $158,916 $103,066 $10,732 $171,151
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the total work hours as a percentage for 2014 by county. The types of work include volunteer non-paid/non-SAR hours, volunteer non-paid SAR hours, and paid hours.
Total Hours Worked as a Percentage
This graph represents the same data for total search and rescue hours worked by each county during 2014.
Total Hours Worked
Work Hours
Box Elder 1%
100% 90% 80% 70%
Utah 17%
Washington 9%
Weber 1% Wayne 3%
Cache 1% Carbon 2%
Daggett 2% Davis 4%
Emery 3%
60%
Garfield 3%
50% 40%
Grand 16%
30% 20% 10%
Iron 2%
WEBER
WAYNE
WASATCH
WASHINGTON
UTAH
SUMMIT
SEVIER
SANPETE
SAN JUAN
MILLARD
SALT LAKE
IRON
KANE
GRAND
EMERY
GARFIELD
DAVIS
DAGGETT
CACHE
County
CARBON
BOX ELDER
0%
Summit 10%
Sanpete 4%
San Juan 5%
Millard 1% Salt Lake 8%
Volunteer Non-Paid/Non-SAR Hours Volunteer Non-Paid SAR Hours Paid Hours
Total volunteer non-paid/non-SAR = 1,234 hours Total volunteer non-paid SAR =22,558 hours Total paid personnel=8,227 hours
Sevier 6%
Total personnel hours for the state in the year of 2014 amounted to 32,019 hours.
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Kane 3%
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the total work hours, as a percentage, for 1998 - 2014 by county. The types of work include volunteer non-paid/non-SAR hours, volunteer non-paid SAR hours, and paid hours.
This graph represents the same data for total hours worked by county.
Total Hours Worked
Total Hours Worked as a Percentage 100%
WASHINGTON 4%
90% 80%
WAYNE 1%
WASATCH 5%
70%
WEBER 4%
60% 50% 40%
UTAH 20%
30%
BOX ELDER 2% CARBON BEAVER 3% <1 %
20%
CACHE 7%
DAGGETT 1% DUCHESNE DAVIS 1% 3% GARFIELD 1% EMERY 2% GRAND 6% IRON 1% JUAB 2% KANE 1%
10% BEAVER BOX ELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON JUAB KANE MILLARD MORGAN PIUTE RICH SALT LAKE SAN JUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT TOOELE UINTAH UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER
0%
UINTAH <1 %
Work Hours
TOOELE <1 %
County
SUMMIT 12%
SALT LAKE SEVIER 13% 5% SAN JUAN 2% SANPETE RICH 4% <1 %
Volunteer Non-Paid/Non-SAR Hours Volunteer Non-Paid SAR Hours Paid Hours
Total volunteer non-paid/non-SAR = 99,398 hours Total volunteer non-paid SAR= 483,446 hours Total paid = 150,967 hours
Total personnel hours for state in years 1998 through 2014 amounted to 733,811 hours.
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MILLARD 1% MORGAN <1 % PIUTE <1 %
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the number of SAR missions occurring by county during state year 2014.
This graph depicts the number of SAR missions occurring by county for state year’s 1998 - 2014.
Number of Missions, 1998 - 2014
Number of Missions in 2014
1,432
100
99
1,400 1,354
96
1,300
90
1,200
80
1,100
1,019
70
1,000 900
60 57
51
800
50
46 41
700 573
601
40
570
38
30 13 6
4
2
14
13 13
9
11
15
6 0
436
20
233 110
0
61
103
89
There were a total of 580 missions submitted to the SAR Advisory Board for state year 2014.
97
159
200
116 47 22 11
87 1
37 40
There were a total of 9,061 missions submitted to the SAR Advisory Board from 1998-2014.
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500 300
176
BEAVER BOX ELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON KANE JUAB MILLARD MORGAN PIUTE RICH SALT LAKE SAN JUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT TOOELE UINTAH UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER
5
138
600 400
344 337
302
10
BEAVER BOX ELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON KANE MILLARD SALT LAKE SAN JUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER
1
12
17
17
562
100 0
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the residency of the victims on the SAR reports for 2014. It explains whether the victims are from the county where the search was conducted or from outside of that county.
Victims Residence in 2014 160
151 140
115
120
101 100
80
60
53 46
43
41
42
41
40
34 17 4
8
8
3
25
14 4
8
89
20
13 12
8
5
7
2
In County
Out of County
The total number of victims who live in the counties where the search took place was 341. Sixty-three percent of victims (582 total) were rescued in a county in which they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reside.
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WEBER
WAYNE
WASHINGTON
WASATCH
UTAH
UINTAH
TOOELE
SUMMIT
SEVIER
SANPETE
SAN JUAN
SALT LAKE
RICH
PIUTE
MORGAN
MILLARD
KANE
JUAB
IRON
0
GRAND
1
GARFIELD
4
EMERY
2 DAVIS
0
DAGGETT
CACHE
CARBON
4
3 BOX ELDER
BEAVER
03
9
17 14
13
DUCHESNE
9
25 18
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the residency of the victims on the SAR reports from 1998 through 2014. It explains whether the victims are from the county where the search was conducted or from outside of that county.
Victims' Residence, 1998 - 2014 1,704 1,479
911 849 730 654
479 418 354
149
Out of County
The total number of victims who live in the counties where the search took place is 5,346. The total number of victims who live outside of the counties is 6,652.
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WEBER
WAYNE
UINTAH
21
WASHINGTON
29 2
UTAH
8 16
TOOELE
SUMMIT
30
3
SEVIER
PIUTE
In County
75
SANPETE
6 8
SAN JUAN
11
RICH
27 40
MORGAN
24
9
146
238 214
166 184
122
KANE
17
186
166
MILLARD
126 85 46
JUAB
101
IRON
76
GRAND
DAVIS
DAGGETT
CARBON
CACHE
69 22
GARFIELD
99
5
BOX ELDER
BEAVER
1 8
79
EMERY
62
DUCHESNE
114
113 69
258
222 185
WASATCH
245
SALT LAKE
265
299
1,440 1,360 1,280 1,200 1,120 1,040 960 880 800 720 640 560 480 400 320 240 160 80 0
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph displays the various activities that required the assistance of the Search and Rescue teams during 2014.
This graph shows the types of activities that required the assistance of the Search and Rescue teams from 19982014.
Types of Activity in 2014
Types of Activity in 1998 - 2014 1,900
1860
200
1,800
193
1,700
175
1,600
150
1,500
125
1,400 1,300
100
1,200 75 1032
49 40 30
26 9
28
19 12
10
4
13
8
7
900
30
25 5
1,000
50
36 7
25
14 6
800
3
*Other
700
587
600 500
450
352
400
330 187
249
300
245
167 118
63 20
*The high number of “Other” is due to “N/A” responses in the Activity Report.
297
81
142
88 41
15
33 3
200 71 42 39 31 7 2
4 WD Accident Aircraft ATV Automobile Avalanche Biker Boat Camper Climber Drowning ELT Fisherman Flooding Hiker Horse Rider Hunter Jeeper Kidnapping Missing Person Motorcylcist Ski/Snowboard Snowmobiler Suicide Swimmer Tourist / Sight Seeing Tubing Tornado Walker *Other
Tourist / Site Seeing Assist Law Enforcement
Suicide
Swimmer
Motorcylcist Skier/Snowboarder Snowmobiler
Missing Person
Hunter
Jeeper
Hiker Horse Rider
Climber
Fisherman
Camper
Biker Boating / rafting
ATV Automobile
4WD
694
662
0
Aircraft
1,100
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100 0
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the type of transportation utilized by Search and Rescue teams in 2014.
This graph depicts the number of hours or miles for the various types of transportation utilized in 2014.
Hours or Miles Reported in 2014
Types of Transportation in 2014
159,642
4,500 4,405
4,000 3,500 3,000 67,340
2,500 2,000
2,000
639
204
1,137
2,226
26
184
Horses
Dogs
Snowmobiles
ATV's
Snowcats
Other
Other
0
255
Boats
45
4 WD Vehicles
8
Snowcats
ATV's
33
Snowmobiles
79
Dogs
Boats
4 WD Vehicles
2 WD Vehicles
59
Horses
62
Ambulences
31
Fixed Wings
Helicopters
135
1,492
2 WD Vehicles
500
284
0
Ambulences
615
308
*Fixed Wings
1,000
Helicopters
1,500
Helicopters, fixed wings, boats, horses, dogs and snowcats are reported in hours. The other types of transportation are reported in miles.
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160,000 150,000 140,000 130,000 120,000 110,000 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0
2014 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the type of transportation utilized by Search and Rescue teams from 1998-2014.
This graph depicts the number of hours or miles for the different transportation types utilized from 1998 through 2014.
Types of Transportation, 1998 - 2014
Hours or Miles Reported, 1998 - 2014
53,490
1,658,472
50,000 1,500,000 1,350,000
40,000
1,200,000 1,050,000 883,015
30,000
900,000
25,422
750,000 600,000
20,000
450,000 300,000 16,511
Helicopters, fixed wings, boats, horses, dogs and snowcats are reported in hours. The other transportation is reported in miles.
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150,000 0
Other
6,758
Snowcats
ATV's
28,819
6,979 9,160
Dogs
Boats
4 WD Vehicles
6,103
Horses
29,914
2 WD Vehicles
0
Fixed Wings
1,982 Other
Snowcats
ATV's
691 Snowmobiles
Dogs
Horses
Boats
4 WD Vehicles
2 WD Vehicles
Ambulences
Fixed Wings
Helicopters
1,169 1,649
598 1,640
Helicopters
4,947 556
Ambulences
6,968 4,079 1,827
38,562
10,000
Snowmobiles
10,297