At 5:30 pm on Sunday February 2nd Coquitlam SAR was notified by Coquitlam RCMP of a pair of lost hikers on Eagle Ridge above Westwood plateau in Coquitlam. The team responded, staging out of Town Centre Fire Hall. Cell phone contact with the pair, brothers aged 16 and 18 years old, was very good. They …
The British Columbia SAR community was shocked yesterday evening at the news that Tim Jones, veteran SAR member, team leader of North Shore Rescue, and public advocate for SAR had passed away on Mount Seymour while returning from a hike to the team cabin. The news raced through the BC SAR community, with SAR teams and …
Many Coquitlam SAR members attended SARScene last weekend, meeting with several hundred SAR volunteers, professionals, SARTechs, industry and government in Canada’s Annual SAR conference. Delegates from every province, marine, air and ground SAR units, and eminent speakers from the US, the UK and other international experts attended to exchange ideas and information on how to make …
SARScene 2013 is in Chilliwack this weekend. Hosted by the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association and the National Search and Rescue Secretariat, SARScene is the biggest search and rescue conference in Canada with national and international professional and volunteer SAR experts attending. This year Coquitlam SAR has members competing in the SAR Games, defending …
On Sunday, October 6th members of Coquitlam SAR and approximately 37 prospective members of the team attended the team’s traditional recruitment hike at Buntzen Lake. The hike travels the very popular Diez Vistas trail, a 7-8 km hike that travels the ridge along the western side of Buntzen Lake. The recruitment hike is a long …