The Coquitlam SAR Blog; team updates, press releases, announcements and search reports.
Coquitlam Search and Rescue assisted other SAR groups in our region with three rescues last week. Mid week, we provided personnel including management assistance to North Shore Rescue for two multi day searches for missing hikers. In the first task, we participated in a search for a hiker missing since September 12 who was 10 days overdue. Several members …
It has come to the attention of Coquitlam Search and Rescue that a reality TV show called Curse of the Frozen Gold has recently begun airing on History Television Canada. Curse of the Frozen Gold focuses on the search for gold at the northern end of Pitt Lake, which is a rugged and difficult to …
Search and Rescue teams throughout BC take part in wilderness education, or what we sometimes like to call “preventative SAR” and Coquitlam SAR is no exception. However, this week the team will take our SAR prevention efforts to a new level with a trail marking project that aims to increase safety, and reduce the number of lost people in …
Last night Coquitlam SAR was activated by Burnaby RCMP for a missing person from the vulnerable community in Burnaby. The subject was enrolled in Project Lifesaver (PLI) – a system that incorporates first responders and caregivers, coupled with tracking technology to make it easier to search for and find people who wander. Under a pre-existing arrangement we …
Spring is well on it’s way and Coquitlam SAR is nearing the end of our “spring training” to be ready for the busy summer hiking season. That season had an early start with the team responding twice in the same day to Eagle Ridge to rescue four people in two separate incidents on Wednesday April 29th. …