Comments on the Provincial Funding Announcement

2019-03-25 | Update

[framed_box bgColor=”rgba(142,197,154,1)” rounded=”true”]On Saturday March 23 2019 the Province of BC announced the largest funding grant to the 80 recognized ground search and rescues groups in BC.  BCSARA President Chris Kelly and...

BCSARA Technology Committee call for interest

2018-01-04 | Announcements

The BC Search and Rescue Association is seeking individuals interested in serving as volunteer members of the newly formed BCSARA Technology Committee, and related sub-committees. For details on the committee and how to apply, please see the attached Call for...
Update on Announced Funding for SAR in BC

Update on Announced Funding for SAR in BC

2016-11-16 | CISM, Press Release

On January 27, 2016 the Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness, Naomi Yamamoto, announced that the provincial government would be providing $10-million in one-time funding to help bolster training, administrative support and equipment renewals for Ground Search...

Rope Rescue Program Update 4th Quarter Report

2016-05-12 | Update

Review In 2015, Emergency Management BC (EMBC) received funding from the National SAR Secretariat New Initiatives Fund (NIF) for a two-year project to update the rope rescue program for British Columbia SAR groups, which was developed in the 1980s and 1990s but had...

BC SAR Rope Rescue Program Update Project

2016-01-05 | Update

December 2015 Progress Report Background As reported in October, the NIF funded project to update the BC SAR Rope Rescue Program got underway at the end of September with the hiring of a Project Management Team comprised of Ross Cloutier, Tom Volkers and Phil...