2015 SEARCH AND RESCUE ANNUAL REPORT
Photo courtesy: Joe Dougherty, 2015
2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report The Search and Rescue Advisory Board*:
Note from the Chairman: We have closed another successful year within Utah with various search and rescue efforts supported by the Search and Rescue Financial Assistance Program. The Search and Rescue Advisory Board said farewell to Deb Burcombe, who served 17 years. We welcomed Anna Rae Garrett as our Citizen-At-Large board member. We welcomed the new sheriffs that were sworn in January 2015. Years of camaraderie and training came together as various agencies responded to support the search and recovery efforts of the Hildale flash flooding incident in September. We recognize and appreciate the time and skills of responders as well as the leadership of Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Another big item within 2015 was the passing of the bill creating the Utah Search and Rescue Assistance Card. We hope this program brings more financial support to county search and rescue teams. Key statistics from the 2015 Search and Rescue Reimbursement Program include: -
Steven White, Utah Sheriffs Association, Chair Jim Porter, Utah Search and Rescue Association, Co-Chair 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 Anna Rae Garrett, Citizen-at-Large
Board Support
$272,054 total reimbursement to participating counties 22 counties submitting financial and statistical reports 1,444 people rescued by search and rescue team efforts
Kevin Bolander, Legal Counsel, Utah Attorney General’s Office
In fiscal year 2015, we had fewer search reimbursement requests. Because of this we were able to pay out a larger percentage of requests related to equipment. As always, we were also able to reimburse 100% of eligible search and training requests.
Tara Behunin, Admin Support, Utah Division of Emergency Management (*These members are appointed to meet the terms according to Section 53-2a-1103).
The Search and Rescue Advisory Board appreciates the time and dedication of all search and rescue teams throughout the state.
Sincerely,
Sheriff Steve White, Chair
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2015 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:
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.
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.
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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2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report The following graph displays the total funds distributed to the counties for State Fiscal Year 2015.
Total Fund Distribution
This graph shows the total funds distributed according to how the money was spent for State Fiscal Year 2015.
Total Fund Distribution
Amount Reimbursed $18,000
$15,000
Equipment
Search
$107,118 39%
$62,443 23%
$12,000
Search Training Equipment
$9,000
$6,000
Training $102,493 38%
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 2015 amounted to $272,054.
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2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report The following graph displays the total funds distributed to the counties for State Fiscal Years 1998 - 2015.
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 2015.
$200,000 $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 $2,115,660 52%
Search $1,166,298 29%
Search Training Equipment Training $791,343 19%
Total funds distributed in State Fiscal Year 1998-2015 totals $4,073,301.
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2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This table identifies the amount of funding reimbursed to each county during 2015. 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 $0 $7,959 $0 $1,966 $59 $0 $2,643 $883 $3,585 $570 $0 $2,139 $944 $0 $0 $0 $1,229 $3,049 $1,116 $126 $12,744 $0 $0 $5,611 $5,659 $10,054 $664 $1,441
Training $0 $0 $15,296 $0 $14,089 $0 $0 $36 $770 $3,311 $1,894 $1,658 $47 $0 $0 $0 $0 $7,008 $1,383 $4,449 $10,879 $1,827 $0 $0 $13,449 $6,646 $10,189 $5,849 $3,714
Equipment $0 $0 $18,449 $0 $2,460 $8,719 $80 $0 $4,813 $13,372 $3,764 $198 $4,148 $0 $0 $0 $4,148 $18,449 $0 $1,560 $1,220 $0 $0 $0 $18,449 $0 $3,143 $0 $4,148
This table identifies the amount of funding reimbursed to each county between 1998 and 2015. 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 $84,710 $27,729 $8,625 $6,348 $3,144 $54,446 $14,084 $81,691 $8,643 $0 $45,160 $8,349 $4,077 $4,467 $210 $121,985 $56,190 $10,731 $18,302 $167,178 $22,132 $1,805 $125,154 $87,054 $123,600 $21,712 $21,192
Training $3,150 $11,560 $136,499 $40,143 $56,168 $15,064 $533 $2,204 $1,898 $23,864 $8,181 $3,527 $19,675 $0 $98 $0 $0 $95,469 $1,683 $23,092 $46,600 $36,031 $11,789 $0 $84,949 $22,101 $53,741 $13,215 $80,141
Equipment $33,097 $1,651 $191,608 $90,110 $9,249 $107,685 $38,497 $76,270 $49,663 $212,376 $140,824 $4,063 $44,279 $23,939 $20,320 $6,380 $4,148 $173,092 $628 $88,977 $73,563 $84,717 $24,031 $5,425 $160,010 $158,916 $106,209 $10,732 $175,299
2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the total work hours as a percentage for 2015 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 2015.
Work Hours 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
County
WAYNE
WEBER
WASHINGTON
UTAH
WASATCH
SEVIER
SUMMIT
SANPETE
SAN JUAN
RICH SALT LAKE
MILLARD
JUAB
KANE
IRON
GRAND
EMERY
GARFIELD
DAVIS
DUCHESNE
DAGGETT
CACHE
CARBON
0%
Volunteer Non-Paid/Non-SAR Hours Volunteer Non-Paid SAR Hours Paid Hours
Total volunteer non-paid/non-SAR = 2,384 hours Total volunteer non-paid SAR =28,910 hours Total paid personnel=8,703 hours
Total personnel hours for the state in the year of 2015 amounted to 39,997 hours.
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2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the total work hours, as a percentage, for 1998 - 2015 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 as a Percentage 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 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% Work Hours
County Volunteer Non-Paid/Non-SAR Hours Volunteer Non-Paid SAR Hours Paid Hours
Total volunteer non-paid/non-SAR = 101,782 hours Total volunteer non-paid SAR= 512,356 hours Total paid = 159,670 hours
Total personnel hours for state in years 1998 through 2015 amounted to 773,808 hours.
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2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the number of SAR missions occurring by county during state year 2015.
This graph depicts the number of SAR missions occurring by county for state year’s 1998 - 2015.
Number of Missions, 1998 - 2015
Number of Missions in 2015 125
1,557
120 111
1,500
1,465
110 100 90 1,062
80 69
1,000
70 60
47
648
50
46
43
619
592
40
452
30 22 22 22
16
17
0
1
4
1
11
9 5
8
20
6 1
0
5
149
366 359
104 62
There were a total of 604 missions submitted to the SAR Advisory Board for state year 2015.
100
106 116 53 22 11 9
176 88 37 40
There were a total of 9,665 missions submitted to the SAR Advisory Board from 1998-2015.
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500
240 181
110
10
BEAVER BOX ELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON KANE MILLARD RICH SALT LAKE SAN JUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER
0
7
306
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
11
631
0
2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the residency of the victims on the SAR reports for 2015. It explains whether the victims are from the county where the search was conducted or from outside of that county.
Victims Residence in 2015
179
160
140
120
100
83 79
80
58
60 60
52 40
36
40
19 6
14
9
9
WAYNE
WASHINGTON
WASATCH
UTAH
0 1
Out of County
The total number of victims who live in the counties where the search took place was 332. Sixty-three percent of victims (888 total) were rescued in a county in which they don’t reside.
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20
4 0
WEBER
11
SEVIER
SALT LAKE
MILLARD
In County
19 15
2
1 RICH
4 3
1
11
SANPETE
13
KANE
0 0 JUAB
2
IRON
5
2 GRAND
0 EMERY
01 DUCHESNE
2 DAVIS
DAGGETT
CARBON
CACHE
0 1
11
GARFIELD
7
8
13
SUMMIT
19
19 11
SAN JUAN
28
30
2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the residency of the victims on the SAR reports from 1998 through 2015. It explains whether the victims are from the county where the search was conducted or from outside of that county.
Victims' Residence, 1998 - 2015 1,883
1,800 1,600
1,558
1,400 1,200 1,000
963 889 766
800
737
600 498
476 419
400
In County
The total number of victims who live in the counties where the search took place is 5,678. The total number of victims who live outside of the counties is 7,540.
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0
WEBER
WASHINGTON
Out of County
WAYNE
21
2
WASATCH
29
UTAH
TOOELE
8 16
UINTAH
32
200
150
84
SUMMIT
1 16
242 228
172193
SEVIER
68
165 137
SANPETE
0 11
SAN JUAN
31 43
SALT LAKE
25
9
RICH
48
PIUTE
19
126
MORGAN
90
205
MILLARD
112
KANE
76
JUAB
DAVIS
DAGGETT
CARBON
CACHE
70 22
269
233
179
IRON
101
5
BOX ELDER
BEAVER
1 8
80
204
GARFIELD
113 69
DUCHESNE
144 70
256
GRAND
272
EMERY
327
2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph displays the various activities that required the assistance of the Search and Rescue teams during 2015.
This graph shows the types of activities that required the assistance of the Search and Rescue teams from 19982015.
Types of Activity in 2015
Types of Activity in 1998 - 2015 2,147
207
200
2,000
160
120
1,500
80 51
726
713
*Other
625 483 390
500
344
325
283
252
2
46 0
*Other
Tourist / Sight Seeing
Suicide
Snowmobiler
8
Walker
44 49
Tubing
80 3 Motorcylcist
40
17
Tornado
91 41
Ski/Snowboard
Avalanche
ATV
Automobile
Aircraft
4 WD
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83
20
159
Swimmer
139
65
*The high number of “Other” is due to “N/A” responses in the Activity Report.
157
Kidnapping
196 170
Accident
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
Aircraft
0
Missing Person
12
Hunter
5
Jeeper
9
Hiker
7
7
Horse Rider
9
Flooding
3
ELT
17
14
1,000
19
Fisherman
18
Climber
9
3
32
28
Drowning
33
40
Boat
9
1,049 39
Camper
34
Biker
38
2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the type of transportation utilized by Search and Rescue teams in 2015.
This graph depicts the number of hours or miles for the various types of transportation utilized in 2015.
Hours or Miles Reported in 2015
Types of Transportation in 2015
165,779
4,000
3,825
3,500
3,000
2,500 56,185
2,000
1,878
Other
0
Boats
Horses
Dogs
1,137 2,226
53
495
Other
124
Snowcats
537
ATV's
382
Snowmobiles
32
4 WD Vehicles
10
Snowcats
ATV's
Snowmobiles
32
Dogs
78
Horses
Boats
Ambulences
86
4 WD Vehicles
60
2 WD Vehicles
29
Fixed Wings
Helicopters
126
1,996
2 WD Vehicles
500
342
49
Ambulences
636
286
*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
2015 Search and Rescue Annual Report This graph depicts the type of transportation utilized by Search and Rescue teams from 1998-2015.
This graph depicts the number of hours or miles for the different transportation types utilized from 1998 through 2015.
Types of Transportation, 1998 - 2015
Hours or Miles Reported, 1998 - 2015
57,315
50,000
1,824,251
1,800,000 1,650,000 1,500,000
40,000
1,350,000 1,200,000 1,050,000
30,000
939,200
27,300
900,000 750,000 600,000
20,000
450,000 300,000
Helicopters, fixed wings, boats, horses, dogs and snowcats are reported in hours. The other transportation is reported in miles.
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Other
Snowcats
ATV's
Dogs
9,284 39,699 31,045 6,811 17,006
Snowmobiles
Other
Snowcats
ATV's
Snowmobiles
Dogs
Horses
Boats
4 WD Vehicles
2 WD Vehicles
0
Horses
2,014
Boats
701
6,485 7,516
4 WD Vehicles
1,247 1,681
31,910
2 WD Vehicles
1,700
Ambulences
627
Fixed Wings
Helicopters
1,953
605
Ambulences
7,310 4,165
5,233
Fixed Wings
10,000
Helicopters
10,933
150,000 0