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 …
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 …
15 members of Coquitlam SAR and two Coquitlam RCMP members spent the evening at Buntzen Lake last night rescuing two lost hikers on the Swan Falls trail. The pair, both young males, had set off at 2:30pm from the parking lot after researching the trail online. They ran out of water, and after summiting the 1200m peak, …