On Saturday, March 1, 2025, two individuals tried going over the mountain to Kolob Reservoir from Cedar and got stuck in snow drifts. There was no service where they were so they had to go find service to make a call out. Because of this, they were stranded for about Read more…
On March 1, 2025 at approx. 11:45 am., SAR was called to assist a female who had fallen and sustained a possible broken ankle on the Thunderbird Gardens Trail. SAR members were able to deploy quickly to the scene and help medical personnel get the injury stabilized. She was then Read more…
Iron County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue K9 Team had a 2 day Training/Certification event last month on February 18th &19th. The training took place at the Three Peaks group site. The team achieved their goal of developing additional K9 teams to level 2 of our standards called “live.” This is Read more…
Snow team recently had the opportunity to participate in the annual winter training hosted by Sanpete County earlier this month. Thirteen members fromt he Iron COunty Search and Rescue Snow Team participated, along with over a hundred other Search and Rescue team members from across Utah. Most of the team Read more…
On 02/13/2025 at 09:20 p.m., SAR was called to assist motorists stuck in the snow in the Meadow Lake area South of State highway 143, East of Cedar Breaks. It had been snowing that evening and the easiest access was through Brian Head. The roads were snow covered which made Read more…
On Feb. 02, 2025 at 08:15 p.m., Iron County Search & Rescue was called to assist in locating a juvenile runaway from a wilderness program in an area approximately 42 miles Northwest of Cedar City. Upon arriving on site at approximately 9:45 p.m., members of SAR made contact with the Read more…
On January 31, 2025, at 00:13, Deputies responded to a vehicle off the road on Summit Mountain. Due to winter road conditions, The Iron County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Snow Team were called out to assist at approximately 01:00 hrs. The ICSSAR Snow Team was able to reach the Read more…
The Iron County Sheriff Search and Rescue was asked to assist law enforcement on 1/18/25 with an evidence search. 21 of our team members came to help throughout the morning and into the afternoon. We want to extend our deepest condolences to the families affected by this tragic event, and Read more…
On 11/16/2024, Iron County Search and Rescue received a call shortly after 11:00 p.m. concerning a stranded motorist. The subject was a 20 year old SUU College student from Arizona on Cedar Mountain. Coordinates from the individual showed he was directly East of Blowhard Mountain on the East side of Read more…
On November 7th at approximately 3:20pm we received a call out for a stranded motorist stuck in snow on Cedar Mountain. While on our way to the stranded vehicle, we were notified of a second stranded vehicle, which we found first. We were able to use a winch to get Read more…