Coquitlam SAR responded to 30 tasks in 2014 for a total of 2700 person hours of effort. We searched for 29 subjects, and the team was in the field for 39 operational periods, as some searches are more than one day in length. These numbers are slightly down from 2013 when the team responded to 39 searches, …
Coquitlam SAR was out searching Burke Mountain on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, and the effort highlighted again the need to replace Coquitlam 1, our 20 year old mobile command centre. The replacement project, which has been in the planning stage for just over a year, launched into the fundraising phase this summer. As the team …
Coquitlam SAR members gathered in uncertain weather at Buntzen Lake this Sunday for a helicopter long line rescue training event. Two teams of SAR members ascended the Halvor Lunden trail, and the Diez Vista trail to the Polytruchum and Punta Del Este lookouts respectively, the goal being to do two scenarios on trails that have historically been …
Coquitlam Search and Rescue and Kaizen Kinetics International (K2I, formerly North Guardian UAV Services) continue to work towards their goal of bringing UAV services to Search and Rescue in southwestern BC. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as Drones, are small remote controlled flying machines that can be used for a variety of purposes. Coquitlam SAR and …
We’d like to congratulate Don Cunnings, Charter member and one of the founders of Coquitlam Search and Rescue, on being given the Freedom of the City status by the City of Coquitlam. Don will be inducted at a city council meeting on May 5th at Coquitlam City Hall. Freedom of the City is conferred upon people …