BCSARA is accepting applications for 6 Regional Director positions and 4 executive officer positions. Applications are due by Jan.31, 2014. 6 of the 12 regions and 4 of the 4 executive positions are open for running. All regions/positions listed below. North Island Region, Sea to Sky Region, Fraser Valley Region, Okanagan Similkameen Region, East Kootenays Region, …
Representatives from the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association and Emergency Management British Columbia met on December 19th to further discuss the alternative funding model proposal presented to the Minister of Justice. Clarification of the model and of issues faced by the Ground SAR volunteer community led to discussion on the steps for consideration to …
BC SAR crew heads to Australia to assist finding an Ontario man A BC search and rescue team is heading to Australia to help find a Brampton, Ontario man who went missing six months ago. The 18-member crew were specially picked by the missing man’s family for its skills and training. “Technical planning, scientific planning …
NEWS RELEASE Hope Search and Rescue Open House Hope Search and Rescue (HSAR) will be holding its annual Open House on Sunday December 8, from 1 PM to 4 PM, at the Search and Rescue building at 940 Fraser Avenue. SAR teams are typically called upon to assist Local Police and BC Ambulance at incidents …
BCSARA is extremely pleased to have ESRI on board as our Gold Sponsor for SARScene 2013 to be held in Chilliwack later this month ESRI MAPSAR Training MapSAR is a free tool that runs with ArcGIS 10 and 10.1 to store geospatial information, enabling SAR maps to be generated, stored, and printed quickly so that …
As a result of recent media surrounding the BCSARA Funding Model Discussion Paper, we wanted to stress the following points in hopes of clarifying the purpose of the paper: The BCSARA Funding Model Discussion Paper does not advocate for surcharges or other sources of funding. Its focus is a different approach to administrating and the …
The members of the BCSARA Board have received numerous requests from the SAR community requesting a copy of the Alternative Funding Model for Search and Rescue in B.C. discussion paper recently submitted to the Minister of Justice. The document has now been posted to the BCSARA website. While the discussions with the Province take place …
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 …