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  1. Ken Neden was recognized for his 50 years as a volunteer with Arrowsmith Search and Rescue and presented the King Charles III Coronation Medal by Gord Johns, MP for Courtenay-Alberni, during a surprise celebration with fellow volunteers and supporters on Sept. 8.

    pqbnews.com/local-news/arrowsm

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA

  2. At first light on Wednesday, a team of water and rope techs with Squamish Search and Rescue set out.

    It was a long hike in through challenging terrain, and the rescue team said they could have reached the area quicker and safer with a helicopter.

    But that request was denied by Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR), which is the provincial ministry that helps coordinate Search and Rescue dispatch.

    globalnews.ca/news/10711769/sq

    #SearchandRescue #BCSARA #BCSearchandRescue

  3. For the first time in its 20-year history as an organization, BCSARA has produced a year in review report, thanks to now having the capacity and a data scientist on staff to help prepare and interpret the data we collect from the SAR community.
    We hope you enjoy reading some remarkable stories in this report as well as see the value that our 3,400+ amazing volunteer GSAR members bring to the province through some very insightful statistics.

    bcsara.com/wp-content/uploads/

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA

  4. Missing in Maple Ridge, British Columbia

    Missing 76-year-old man – Otto Csaszar

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA

    #https://ridgemeadows.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2123&languageId=1&contentId=80750

  5. Four days after she was first reported missing, the Hope RCMP is asking the public’s help in finding Lizann Hirsche.

    First reported missing to the Abbotsford Police Department on July 30, the 52-year-old’s vehicle was found on July 31 in the parking lot of the Othello Tunnels.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    abbynews.com/news/hope-rcmp-se

  6. Along with RCMP, members of Whistler Search and Rescue and BC Ambulance paramedics—including an air ambulance—attended the scene to provide medical aid. Killian succumbed to her injuries a short time later.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    piquenewsmagazine.com/local-ne

  7. ONE WEEK IN AUGUST
    Stories From Search and Rescue in British Columbia

    This book provides insights into how volunteer search and rescue groups, volunteer members, and agencies respond to locate lost persons and rescue those hurt or stranded.

    jimmcallisterauthor.com/about-

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

  8. A long and challenging overnight rescue ended in success this week, after Penticton Search and Rescue crews gave it their all rescuing a climber at Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    castanet.net/news/Penticton/43

  9. CW: Discussion of death of missing Indigenous woman

    This is the last place Madison Scott was seen alive

    Madison Scott's remains have been found 12 years after she mysteriously disappeared from a camping trip near Vanderhoof, B.C. Search-and-rescue leader Chris Mushumanski takes CBC News to Hogsback Lake, the last place she was seen alive.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    cbc.ca/player/play/22191032995

  10. Tuesday, May 23 with Arrowsmith Search and Rescue (SAR) dispatched to the top of the popular lookout west of Parksville at about 9:50 p.m. in response to a man who attempted to climb from the bottom.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    nanaimonewsnow.com/2023/05/25/

  11. Last night's task -

    Arrowsmith Search and Rescue’s rope team was involved in a call Tuesday night at Little Mountain, southwest of Parksville, B.C.

    According to a release from the group, a man had become stuck on a cliff face and his father called 911 just after 9:30 p.m.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/str

  12. Comox Valley Ground Search & Rescue members responded to six separate callouts to save people in trouble over the long weekend.

    “Medical evacuations, boaters in trouble, it was a busy weekend,”

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    cheknews.ca/comox-search-and-r

  13. The ribbon has been cut, so now it’s official: the Vernon Search and Rescue headquarters are moving after long outgrowing their building on Aberdeen Road.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    globalnews.ca/news/9707434/ver

  14. The body of a man last seen clinging to an overturned kayak in Chase Creek has been located.

    Police said the body was located around noon, Monday, May 15.

    “The man’s identity has been confirmed and the family notified of his death,” said Chase RCMP Const. Sarah Van Wilgenburg in a media release.

    #BCSearchandRescue #BCSARA #SearchandRescue

    saobserver.net/news/update-rcm

  15. Oliver/Osoyoos Search and Rescue (OOSAR) was proud to host the BC Search Dog Association’s Annual Provincial Spring SAR Dog training camp on Anarchist/ Sidley Mountain this past week.

    #BCSARA #BCSearchandRescue #SearchDogs #SearchandRescue

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