Coquitlam Search and Rescue Site Syndication http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca 2010-03-10T15:11:52+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/images/M_images/sar ring small.jpg text/html 2010-02-26T02:00:00+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/search-report/search-for-andrew-koenig-2.html Coquitlam SAR joined North Shore Rescue and Lions Bay SAR to search Stanley Park for a missing male. American actor Andrew Koenig (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Koenig_(actor)) had been missing since Feb 14th. Vancouver Police lead the search (http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Police+rescuers+scour+park+missing+actor/2606306/story.html) of the parks trail system and shoreline. A large group of friends also participated in the search. Unfortunately, Andrew Koenig was discovered deceased (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/25/bc-body-found-koenig.html) by a group of Andrew’s friends on Feb 25th text/html 2010-02-15T16:31:38+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/general-news/coquitlam-sar-and-the-olympics.html The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games are officially underway. As a volunteer team involved with outdoor activities, is it not surprising Coquitlam SAR members are doing their part to help out. At last count 11 or our SAR members are in various positions around Vancouver and Whistler. Two members are providing specialized helicopter rescue services to the Downhill events at Whistler Mountain (http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/index.htm). One member has already been involved with a HETS extraction of US racer Stacey Cook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Cook) after a crash while training. (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2010/02/us-skier-stacey-cook-released-from-hospital-after-crash-on-training-run.html) Two members are providing athlete event medical care. Freestyle events at Cypress Mountain (http://cypressmountain.com/) Hockey events at UBC Thunderbird... text/html 2010-01-03T18:45:09+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/search-report/2010-starts-with-a-busy-weekend-2.html Coquitlam SAR started 2010 off with three requests for our assistance in the first weekend. On January 1st, Coquitlam SAR was requested by the RCMP to search the PoCo Trail system for a lost male. The man had been on an all day walk along the PoCo Trail. Due to a pre-existing medical condition, his family became concerned he may have become lost when he didn’t return before darkness. Searchers were mobilized and began searching the trails and parks areas by foot and Argo. An RCMP Air Service helicopter also search by air. Just after 10pm,... text/html 2009-11-17T02:00:00+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/search-report/winter-conditions-during-search-on-eagle-ridge-2.html Coquitlam Search and Rescue was contacted by the RCMP on Tuesday, November 17th, requesting our assistance in locating a male hiker on Eagle Ridge. The lone hiker had set out on a day hike up the Halvor Lunden trail towards Lindsay Lake. At around 4pm, the hiker realized he was still too high up on Eagle ridge to successfully descend before dark and it was beginning to snow. The SAR managers were able to make contact with the hiker by cell phone. He was aware of his location and was prepared for the hike, however he admitted he... text/html 2009-11-18T12:06:35+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/general-news/new-members-perform-well-on-recent-searches.html Coquitlam Search and Rescue's recent recruitment (http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/press-release/coquitlam-search-and-rescue-calls-for-more-volunteers.html) drive resulted in the team taking on 17 new members. The team saw more applications, and of a higher caliber than any previous year. The membership committee, consisting of 7 regular members, spent three weeks winnowing through applications, and interviewing prospective members, the bring the number down to 17. This is the most new members the team has ever taken on at one time.Now the task of training these members, no small time commitment, falls to the training committee. However, learning from previous years, Coquitlam SAR issued the new members with several essential... text/html 2009-09-20T17:53:10+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/search-report/four-searches-seven-days-2.html Coquitlam Search and Rescue was requested to help North Shore Rescue on Friday, September 18th in the search for 70-year old Barry Sharp. After searching through the night on Thursday, SAR teams from the across the region were called in to assist as the search area spread. The search continued on Saturday as several tips from members of the public who reported seeing Barry Sharp came in, and redirected search efforts. Mr Sharp was reported to have hiked the Baden Powell trail from Capilano gate area to the top of Hollyburn mountain. Late in the afternoon on Saturday, the search... text/html 2009-09-16T14:02:26+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/search-report/four-hikers-found-above-buntzen-lake-2.html On Tuesday, September 15th, Coquitlam Search and Rescue was requested to locate four overdue male hikers who had been hiking near Buntzen Lake. The men were found uninjured and assisted down to Buntzen Lake by 4 AM Wednesday morning.At 9:00pm, just as Coquitlam SAR was wrapping up a recruitment information session, Coquitlam RCMP advised that the four young men had been hiking the Halvor Lunden Trail above the Polytrichum Lookout when they had been caught by darkness. Searchers mobilized at Buntzen Lake, while a team in our Argo began approached Eagle Ridge from Plateau Blvd. text/html 2009-09-12T02:00:00+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/search-report/back-to-back-calls-keep-the-team-busy.html Coquitlam SAR was kept busy from Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon rescuing three people, and two dogs on two separate tasks. “It all started at 6:30 Saturday night with a page from Coquitlam RCMP that a couple were stranded in a gully on the east slopes of [[Buntzen Lake]],” stated Don Seki, SAR manager for Coquitlam SAR. “The couple was very lucky to have cell communications and were able to make a call to 911. They were also lucky that the RCMP helicopter was able to stop them before dark and relay their coordinates to us. Without this combination of... text/html 2009-08-28T16:51:13+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/team-news/barkley-1996-2009.html BARKLEY 1996 – 2009 It is with extreme sadness and a heavy heart that I announce the passing of our Search Rescue dog Barkley. He has lost a short battle with cancer as he recently passed the age of 13. Barkley has served with Vancouver Fire/Rescue and the City of Vancouver for the past eleven (11) years as well as being a member of Vancouver Urban Search Rescue (CAN TF-1). Barkley was one of the first search-K-9’s to arrive at the North Vancouver mudslide on January 19, 2005. He was also deployed to... text/html 2009-08-28T16:31:24+01:00 http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca http://www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca/team-news/rosa-blake-1916-2008.html Coquitlam Search and Rescue would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Rose Blake. Rose was a lifelong friend to Coquitlam SAR members Al and Pat Hurley, having lived next door to the family for over fifty years. Over the years Rosie has honoured the team with several generous donations, making her our single largest private donor. In addition, she wrote many a letter to the editor praising our efforts to the press and was not shy about letting them know when she felt that press coverage was inadequate for one of our rescues.Rose was...