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 …
AGASSIZ . . . . . . An e-mail on September 11th offering ‘a donation of marine equipment’ resulted in the transfer of the 38’ Roberts Bank Lifeboat and a large assortment of rescue equipment to Kent Harrison Search and Rescue. The Roberts Bank Lifeboat – Delta Society (Delta Marine Unit) voted to dissolve and …
Honour House provides a temporary home for our Canadian Forces, Veterans, Emergency Services Personnel and their families while they travel to receive medical care and treatment in the Metro Vancouver Area. Members of our Military and Police Officers, Fire Fighters, Paramedics, Corrections Officers, Sheriffs, Coast Guards, Search and Rescue Volunteers and retired members of all …
The first annual SAREx South West, or SARxSW, hosted by Coquitlam Search and Rescue was held on the weekend of September 27th and 28th. A “SAREx” is what the Search and Rescue world calls an event that combines field training, presentations and classroom sessions where several SAR groups are invited. For SARxSW, the 14 SAR groups in south western BC …
During a meeting on September 10 representatives from BCSARA and Emergency Management B.C. continued to develop a approach towards an alternative Funding model for Search and Rescue in B.C. based on the discussion paper presented to the Minister of Justice in November 2013. Additional expertise from other ministries and organizations will be sought, given the …
Terry Yahn, Executive Director of the SAR Volunteer Association of Canada has announced the public review stage of the “GSAR Core Competency Standard” for public review. BCSARA encourages all of our members and/or groups to review this document and provide feedback. From the CSA Group: Public Review of CSA Draft Standard Z1620 Core Competency Standard for Ground Search and Rescue Operations: …
SARxSW 2014 www.SARxSW.ca September 27 – 28, 2014 David Lam Campus of Douglas College, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC In the late 90’s, early 2000s’s Rick Laing of Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue hosted a series of SARex meetings. These were training events, meetings and presentations that all SAR teams in BC were …
The BC Search and Rescue Association wants to extend our heartfelt congratulations and thanks to Vernon SAR Member Pete Wise who is being recognized by his colleagues this weekend in Vernon for his long service. Pete is an amazing person and if you have ever met him, you are sure to never forget him. At …
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 the response was good. We had teams from Nelson SAR, …
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association is pleased to reveal our first promotional video. The video is a short indication to the viewer of what our SAR Groups provide around the province. It was taken from video clips collected during the filming of the television show Callout SAR, and the current Hug A Tree and …