The BC Search and Rescue Association and Emergency Management BC have each submitted significant project proposals to the National SAR Secretariat’s New Initiatives Funding Program (NIF). The projects were developed after considerable collaboration with the SAR community and will increase the skills and safety of SAR members and the public. BCSARA BCSARA has submitted an …
The B.C. Search and Rescue Association’s (BCSARA) Critical Incident Stress Management Program (CISMP) has been actively providing services for SAR Teams and Volunteers in British Columbia since January of 2007. In the last number of months some of our peers have had to step down for various personal reasons and as such our program is …
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) represents and supports the 80 search and rescue groups, their 2,500 members located throughout the province, and the agencies our members provide the service on behalf of. Recently there have been comments made in the media that the current search and rescue model is not sustainable, along …
Press Release received from Chilliwack SAR Manager Doug Fraser: