First responders on the front lines are dealing with increased pressure, heightened stress and certainly new risks during this situation
CISM Supports for SAR volunteers continues during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The entire Ground Search and Rescue community in British Columbia is delighted with the Province’s announcement of $18.6 million to fund the 80 recognized GSAR groups across BC
An update on the progress disbursing the Province of BC’s 10 million dollar one-time SAR funding
In January, the Province of BC announced $10 million in funding for the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) as further support for ground search and rescue (GSAR) volunteers across the province. These funds are essential to continuing the outstanding volunteer ground search and rescue services British Columbians benefit from. “Our BC Search and Rescue teams are among …
I am a SAR volunteer from Vanderhoof, belonging to Nechako Valley SAR for 18 years, and the BCSARA Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) team for 2 years. Over these years, I trained to become a ground searcher, team leader, search manager, a BCSARA regional director, and also a CISM peer. I love being a SAR …
Since January 01, 2007, the BCSARA Critical Incident Stress Management Program provides support to SAR volunteers through education and awareness and by means of interventions when exposure to traumatic events during a callout may result in Critical Incident Stress and where an opportunity to talk about things is helpful. This peer-based program currently has 24 …
For the first time in nearly 20 years, teams from across northern British Columbia met together to train and network at the BCSARA sponsored Conference titled: “Northeast meets Northwest: SAR beyond Hope: from May 2-4, 2014. Organized by two BCSARA directors from Cariboo-Chilcotin, Trent Blair, and Bulkley-Nechako, Chris Mushumanski, it was very well received. Did you know, the …
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 …