September 27th and 28th, 2014 Coquitlam, BC Coquitlam Search and Rescue in conjunction with the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA), is organizing the first regional search and rescue conference for SAR groups on the south coast in 14 years. SAREx Southwest (SARxSW) will see the 14 Ground SAR (GSAR) teams from southwestern BC’s …
Coquitlam Search and Rescue and Kaizen Kinetics International (K2I, formerly North Guardian UAV Services) continue to work towards their goal of bringing UAV services to Search and Rescue in southwestern BC. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as Drones, are small remote controlled flying machines that can be used for a variety of purposes. Coquitlam SAR and …
At 12:12 on Monday Coquitlam SAR was asked by BCAS to assist in the rescue of what was reported as an injured hiker on the Munro Lake Trail, which is known locally as the “Goat Trail”, on Burke Mountain. Coquitlam Fire Rescue was also responding, and Coquitlam SAR initially attended in order to back up the fire …