BCSARA inviting proposals for the provision of assistance in establishing a Technical Rescue Committee/sub-committee
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 will procure and implement a province-wide on-line ISRID-compliant database (software) that will accumulate extensive information on past operational history, as well …
This past weekend, 12 members from across the province took part in a Media/Public Information Officer Workshop led by Jim Stanton and Drew Snider of Stanton Associates. Regional Directors from the East and West Kootenays, Thompson Okanagan, Okanagan Similikameen , Bulkley Nechako, Cariboo Chilcotin, North Island, the Joint Health and Safety Committee, our Website Manager, Treasurer, Bylaws Director …
Building on the success of RaftEX 2014, the second annual RaftEX was again a great success! With 27 registered participants from 9 SAR teams around the province. Nelson SAR hosted a great training weekend. Members spent 3 days learning raft operations on many different types of rafts and cat-a-rafts. This included industry standard dryland training …
Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue is offering a unique and exciting opportunity for BC high school students over spring break to obtain: Certification in Ground Search and Rescue, Standard First Aid certification with transport endorsement, 6 credits towards graduation and, 30 Community Connections hours towards Grad Transitions. Check out the attached brochure for more …
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 …
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 British Columbia Tracking Association has been busy this spring with three very successful courses completed and three more coming up in the next few weeks open to current SAR Members belonging to a recognized BC SAR Group. Terrace – May 30 to June 1st Creston – June 13th to 15th Mission – June 13th …
As a result of input from the SAR community through the Leveling the Playing Field SAR-NIF project, a provincial training committee is being formed. Please share attached document with your teams and interested members can respond directly to Wendy Hetherington at ekootenay@bcsara.com Deadline for expressions of interest is Sunday, August 11, 2013.