Wednesday January, 18 2023 @ 21:50

Nature: Service Call-Fire - Assist Delaware State Police 

Location: Long Neck Shores Pool (80) 

Address: Shoreview Blvd Long Neck Shores, DE 19966

On Wednesday evening, January 18^th, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted for a service call to assist the Delaware State Police with a search for a missing person.  The all-terrain vehicles were requested to assist with these efforts. 

The Delaware State Police Aviation unit (Trooper #2) was actively being utilized in the area conducting search patterns.

The person was located before the response of the ATVs.

Information regarding the ATV units may be viewed at:

• Polaris UTV 80-2 - https://irvfc.com/apparatus/detail/46763

• Polaris UTV 80 - https://irvfc.com/apparatus/detail/4635

Previous usage of ATV / UTV for searches:

• https://military.polaris.com/en-us/stories/fire-rescue/polaris-ranger-increases-mobility-indian-river-volunteer-fire-company/