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Winter has come early to the lower mainland and Coquitlam Search & Rescue is ready thanks to the tire expertise and support of City Tire Ltd of Port Coquitlam, BC. With AccuWeather.com forecasting one of the coldest winters in the past 20 years for Western Canada, it was time for new winter tires for the team’s F350 …
Coquitlam SAR was invited by the New Westminster Sparks (Girl Guides of Canada) to go over the hug-a-tree educational package with the 5 and 6 year old future mountaineers and explorers. The hug-a-tree presentation included: a short video, hands-on equipment demonstration, an avalanche beacon search, and a tour of the Coquitlam 2 truck. Colouring books, whistles …
Coquitlam SAR would like to express our condolences to the family and colleagues of Sgt Janick Gilbert. Sgt. Gilbert was a Canadian Forces Search and Rescue Technicion with 424 Squadron in Trenton, Ontario. Sgt. Gilbert was part of a team of 3 SAR Techs that parachuted into a remote part of northern canada. Coquitlam SAR …
On Saturday, October 22nd, Coquitlam SAR members took part in a hypothermia workshop called “Beyond Cold Water Boot Camp” The workshop was conducted by Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht from the University of Manitoba. “Dr Popsicle” is a world leading researcher in the field of hypothermia, and is well known to Canadians for having appeared on the Rick Mercer …