Coquitlam SAR is a volunteer search and rescue team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.
Operating under the Provincial Emergency Program and tasked by local law enforcement and emergency personnel, we are responsible for inland water, wilderness and urban search and rescue in an area bounded by Indian Arm on the west, Pitt Lake on the east, Garibaldi Park to the north, and the Fraser River to the south. This primary area is over 1600km² and includes some of the most rugged and inaccessible terrain in the southwest region of the Province of British Columbia.
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May 4th, 2012
Last year, Coquitlam SAR announced our intention to develop a significant new rescue capability within the team. The technique, known within the BC Search and Rescue community as the Helicopter External Transportation System, or HETS, is also known as “long line”, “short haul” or “Class D operations.” Pioneered by Parks Canada Mountain Safety, and adopted by SAR [...]
Tags: equipment, funding, helicopter, HETS, SAR, training
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May 3rd, 2012
Four Coquitlam SAR members recently participated in a hypothermia workshop. The class was taught by Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, professor of thermophysiology at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Giesbrecht is a ground-breaking expert in cold research and education. So we were all pretty excited! We learned about the physiological effects of cold water immersion and submersion. [...]
Tags: hypothermia, training
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April 17th, 2012
As we posted a few weeks back, team member Glen Foster has been preparing for an expedition to a research station in Nepal to conduct high altitude experiments on human physiology. Glen sent us an update on his progress. Hey gang….Am back in Vancouver (temporarily) in the final stages of preparation for my trip to [...]
Tags: education, research, team members
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April 16th, 2012
Coquitlam Search and Rescue congratulates one of its own for successfully completing the provincial Search and Rescue Managers Course. Wendi Harder, an eight year veteran of the team with skills as a team leader and swift water rescuer, passed the four day course recently held at the Justice Institute of BC in New Westminster. Some [...]
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Coquitlam SAR is a volunteer search and rescue team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.
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