RAVEN has proven to be invaluable for Washoe County by responding annually to approximately 1,000 calls, with roughly 75% to SAR and 25% to patrol/law enforcement missions. “We are the only aerial law enforcement unit in Northern Nevada. Being up in the air, we are kind of a deterrent and withhold people in the area from speeding. Moreover, our RAVEN 3 dropped 29,078 gallons of water in 2023 fighting against wildfires, so we are quite busy for a relatively small unit,” concludes Fisher.
You could say that RAVEN is the Reno region’s “Biggest Little Air Unit in the World.”