Congratulations to Allan Thomas, Garry Lum, Gord Lyster and John Simpson for their successful trip up to base camp on Everest.
On Sept 15th, 2012 Coquitlam SAR worked together with Talon Helicopters to practise hover exit/entry procedures, stretcher loading and HETS (Helicopter External Transportation System) insertion and extraction. 30 members took part in the training on a sunny, warm September morning. Ground SAR members were involved in HETS flights to orientate them to being flown …
Calling all current and former friends and associates of Coquitlam SAR! The team’s 40th anniversary celebration is being planned and scheduled and we’d like you to save the date of Sunday, September 30th for the celebration. If you are a former member of Coquitlam SAR, or a former close friend or associate of the team, …
Recently 4 of the newer members of Coquitlam SAR participated in a 3-day training course to qualify as Swiftwater Rescue Technicians. Colin Saurette of Coquitlam SAR is a certified SRT instructor and taught the course for our team, as well as for 3 members of the Vancouver Police Department. In our search area we often …
Team members Josh Henshaw and Nick Zupan are on a European climbing vacation, and sent this update today: Nick and I have met up in Slovenia. We climbed the North Face of Triglav yesterday. The roped climbing itself was about 800 metres of mixed terrain, with a bit of excitement thrown in. There was a significant amount …