Rapid Survival System

BCSARA is pleased to announce that through funding from the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR-NIF) a new self rescue aid is being made available to Swiftwater Rescue Teams in B.C. The Rapid Survival System (RSS) has been developed by North Water and a group...

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...

Implementation of New Swiftwater Standards

SAR-NIF Project Update November 2016 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,...

RaftEX 2015

Building on the success of RaftEX 2014, the second annual RaftEX was again a great success! With 27 registered participants from 9 SAR teams around the province. Nelson SAR hosted a great training weekend. Members spent 3 days learning raft operations on many...

RaftEx 2014

The West Kootenay Regional Swiftwater Team had an interesting idea. Let’s invite all the SAR and Fire/Rescue teams in the southeast and south Okanagan who have rafts and cat-a-rafts to set up a rafting weekend to build skills and relationships. The emails went out and...