Swiftwater NIF Final Report

With funding from the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (NIF), and in cooperation with Emergency Management British Columbia (EMBC) through the Search and Rescue Joint Health and Safety Committee and the Swiftwater Task Force, BCSARA provided equipment and...

$5 Million Funding Announcement for GSAR

On Sunday March 26 2017, the province of BC announced a one-time $5 million announcement for the 80 recognized ground search and rescue groups across the province. Chris Kelly, President of BCSARA, stated following the announcement of the $5 million, “The British...

Media Release – North Shore Rescue Legal Action

MEDIA RELEASE North Shore Rescue Legal Action March 16, 2017 Media enquiries: media@bcsara.com www.bcsara.com   In recent days, the issue of donating to search and rescue groups has come to light and commanded a lot of public and media attention.  One of our...

JOB POSTING – Summer AdventureSmart Teams!

AdventureSmart is a national outreach program focusing on outdoor safety education designed to promote personal preparedness, encourage safe outdoor activities and lifestyles concentrating on search & rescue prevention. The BC AdventureSmart Teams will be working...

A Successful Winter Season for Our AdventureSmart Teams

With the support provided by the Province of BC with last year’s $10 million grant BCSARA was able to partner with the Lifesaving Society to run two teams of presenters for the AdventureSmart program. The teams, based in Vancouver and Kelowna, were able to make...