Coquitlam Search and Rescue would like to thank the many SAR volunteers, presenters, sponsors and our partner agencies for making our first attempt at hosting a Search and Rescue conference a success. SAREx South West, or SARxSW, was an opportunity to bring together SAR members from the 14 Ground SAR teams in South West BC (the BCSARA …
Members of Coquitlam SAR were involved in three searches this Sunday, as well as a large search and rescue exercise involving seven agencies, and spanning from Indian Arm to Pitt Lake. Three members of the team went to Vancouver Island to assist Cowichan SAR in the search for missing 79 year old Anthony Morley near Cowichan; over …
Burnaby RCMP activated Coquitlam SAR this afternoon to follow up on a missing person who could possibly be in the Coquitlam area. Richard Lin, 19, was last seen at his home in south Burnaby on September 6th, 2014. Initial evidence led the police to believe that he might be travelling to Squamish. A possible sighting …
On September 1st at 15:00 Coquitlam SAR was activated by BC Ambulance for 62 year old female hiker with a sprained or broken right ankle, described as being on the west side of Buntzen Lake. The team alerted the BC Hydro wardens office, and responded to the lake. By the time members arrived, one of the …