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 …
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 …
Read Coquitlam SAR member Mike Coyle’s interview on being a SAR volunteer. Mike, along the other members of Coquitlam SAR and the hundreds of other Public Safety Lifeline Volunteers across British Columbia are all proud to serve. More information on National Volunteer Week
At 6:30 pm on Sunday, April 7, 2012 Coquitlam Search and Rescue (Coq SAR) received a call from the Coquitlam RCMP that there were three lost hikers on Eagle Mountain in the Buntzen Lake area. The team was quickly activated due to fading light and Talon Helicopters was dispatched to get team members to the …