BCSARA’s Core Values:
BCSARA follows these values when conducting its business:
- Ensuring safety is paramount in all we do.
- Accountability and transparency in how we fulfill our responsibilities.
- Leadership through innovation, mentorship and professionalism.
- Building the SAR community through communications.
BCSARA’s Vision:
To develop and support the safest and most efficient ground search and rescue service for the citizens and visitors in B.C.
Constitution & By-laws in PDF format
Purpose:
The purposes of BCSARA are to:
- Funding & Finance
- Solicit, receive, control, administer and distribute funds, donations and gifts.
- SAR Support
- Enhance and support the delivery of a volunteer community-based search and rescue service in British Columbia.
- Foster a beneficial working relationship between registered volunteer search and rescue service providers and the agencies responsible for GSAR in British Columbia.
- Undertake all duties and responsibilities previously held by the Provincial Search and Rescue Advisory Committee.
- Own and dispose of property, both real and personal.
- Provide and support public prevention, education, and awareness programs which promote safe outdoor activity.
- Communications
- Provide public awareness of ground and inland water search and rescue.
- Liaise between all contributors, participants and stakeholders in the ground search and rescue service.
- Liaise and interact with SAR organizations in other provinces, countries, and at the federal/national levels.
- Participate in the recognition of official GSAR groups in British Columbia.
- Health & Safety
- Provide health and safety support to registered volunteer Ground Search and Rescue Groups and volunteers.
- Training
- Promote, develop, support, assist, and deliver local, regional and provincial training for all GSAR volunteers.