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Emergency services: 75 search-and-rescue missions year-to-date; mutual aid to Zion highlighted
Summary
Emergency services reported 75 search-and-rescue missions so far in 2024, multiple mutual‑aid responses (including to Zion National Park), numerous heat-related incidents, and deployments of K9, drone and air assets; commissioners thanked volunteers and staff.
Emergency services presented a two-month report to commissioners documenting search‑and‑rescue and emergency-response activity.
The presenter said the county has completed 75 search-and-rescue missions so far this year, with a mix of in‑county and out‑of‑county rescues and increasing mutual aid requests from Zion National Park and neighboring jurisdictions. Notable responses included lost or injured hikers in Kolob Canyon and other trail systems, a multi‑hour search with 136 man‑hours that located an injured missing person, and several heat‑related incidents that required hoists and medical evacuation.
Emergency staff said assets regularly deployed include volunteer SAR deputies, a K9 team (Scout), drone units, and Star 8 (air ambulance) hoists. The presenter noted the county’s SAR deputies assisted Grand County and others during flood-related missions and that heat‑related calls had been common in recent weeks. Commissioners praised volunteers and full‑time staff for frequent, labor‑intensive responses.
No policy change was proposed; the report functioned as an operational update and expression of thanks to personnel and volunteers.
