Media Release – North Shore Rescue Legal Action

MEDIA RELEASE North Shore Rescue Legal Action March 16, 2017 Media enquiries: media@bcsara.com www.bcsara.com   In recent days, the issue of donating to search and rescue groups has come to light and commanded a lot of public and media attention.  One of our...

A Successful Winter Season for Our AdventureSmart Teams

With the support provided by the Province of BC with last year’s $10 million grant BCSARA was able to partner with the Lifesaving Society to run two teams of presenters for the AdventureSmart program. The teams, based in Vancouver and Kelowna, were able to make...

BCSARA Awarded NIF Funding For ‘Ground and Inland Water Search and Rescue Training and Operational Support’ Project

The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) is very pleased to announce that approval has been received for funding under Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR-NIF) to establish a sophisticated provincial on-line database. This 3-year project...

Update on SAR Alternate Funding Model

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...

It’s Official – Dates Announced for SARScene 2013

SARScene 2013, co-hosted by the National SAR Secretariat and the British Columbia SAR Association will be held in Chilliwack from October 19-21.  More details to follow soon, but you can now mark your calendars in ink!