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Detail Incident Report <br />NARRATIVE: <br />Name: MUNGUTA, DAN <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office Uniform Incident Report <br />CASE #: S19-01455 <br />INCIDENT: Search and rescue <br />SUBJECT: Multiple <br />NARRATIVE: <br />On 2-9-19 at approximately 0910 hours, dispatch advised a traffic hazard report <br />on the Vantage Hwy in the area of MP -14.5. The call soon morphed into a multi <br />vehicle search and rescue as there were multiple 911 calls from people who's <br />vehicles had become stuck in the snow drifts due to the extreme weather <br />conditions. <br />Weather conditions encountered: <br />* Winds of 40-50+ MPH. <br />* Heavy snow <br />* Drifting snow up to 4+ feet in depth. <br />* Visibility limited to full white-out conditions. <br />Roadway conditions: <br />* Heavy winds blowing in multiple directions. <br />* Drifting snow up to 4+ feet. <br />* Low to zero visibility. <br />* Vehicles trapped in drifted snow on and off the roadway. <br />The plan: <br />I contacted the KCPW road Supervisor Ryan Berg and requested assistance with <br />what was now a rescue situation of stranded motorists. I advised Ryan that I <br />was requesting assistance from 2 of the dump truck size snowplows to assist with <br />clearing the roadway as we made our way to the stranded vehicles. (He provided 2 <br />dump truck plows and 2 pick-up plows one of which he and Jim Vandeventer <br />occupied) <br />I had 1 snowplow, 1 patrol vehicle and 1 Deans Tow truck accompany me east <br />toward Vantage. The plan was to follow the plow and recover the stranded <br />vehicles with the Tow truck as we came upon them past MP -17. We would then make <br />our way to Vantage, re -group and with plow in the lead make our way back west <br />with all the vehicles and return them to MP -12 where they could make their way <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />tplwdir.x3 02/14/19 <br />