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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Thursday, instrumentality enforcement agencies from bluish to confederate California joined successful the hunt efforts for Ron Dailey, a missing Selma antheral who has been retired successful the wilderness of Shaver Lake since Monday.
"You'd beryllium amazed astatine what radical tin survive, truthful likelihood are decidedly successful his favor," said Sgt. Scott Weishaar with the Freson County Sheriff's Search and Rescue.
The Fresno County Sheriff's Search and Rescue not taking immoderate chances, from volunteers to drones to off-road-vehicles, it is utilizing each instrumentality to find Ron Dailey. The 65-year-old Selma antheral was reported missing connected Monday aft a time spent cervid hunting successful eastbound Fresno County.
"Talking to the family, he's highly acquainted with this area. He came well-prepared and luckily, he's got his vehicle. The vehicle's a large root of structure astatine night," said Sgt. Weishaar.
Fresno County Sheriff Search and Rescue accidental it would not beryllium capable to proceed its efforts without its selfless volunteers.
On Thursday, arsenic galore arsenic 32 volunteers stepped guardant to assistance -- galore without a instrumentality enforcement background.
"People who person a spot of other time; a emotion for the outdoors and emotion helping people," said Sgt. Weishaar.
Search and Rescue besides rolling retired specialized instrumentality that tin prolong the rugged mountainous terrain of eastbound Fresno County -- adjacent successful inclement weather.
"They tin thrust disconnected successful some the snowfall and the dirt, compared to different vehicles that are strictly successful snowfall oregon strictly dirt," said Sgt. Weishaar.
Kern County Sheriff's offering its Sherp to the hunt - an all-terrain amphibious conveyance designed to grip the astir challenging terrain.
"This is truly adjuvant due to the fact that they tin commencement retired successful their hunt country successful the ungraded and arsenic it transitions to the snowfall past they don't person to alteration equipment," said Sgt. Weishaar.
Fresno County Sheriff's volition participate its 5th time of the hunt connected Friday -- with this connection to Ron's family.
"Stay strong. They're fortunate they person an experienced hubby and gramps that's retired determination and I'm hopeful that helium gets recovered OK."
On Thursday night, CalFire volition articulation successful the hunt efforts utilizing a specialized craft equipped with thermal technology.
The ngo to bring Ron Dailey location volition proceed Friday with a debrief with volunteers opening astatine 7 a.m. astatine the sheriff's basal of operations successful Shaver Lake.
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