At 5:30 pm on Sunday February 2nd Coquitlam SAR was notified by Coquitlam RCMP of a pair of lost hikers on Eagle Ridge above Westwood plateau in Coquitlam. The team responded, staging out of Town Centre Fire Hall. Cell phone contact with the pair, brothers aged 16 and 18 years old, was very good. They …
SARScene 2013 is in Chilliwack this weekend. Hosted by the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association and the National Search and Rescue Secretariat, SARScene is the biggest search and rescue conference in Canada with national and international professional and volunteer SAR experts attending. This year Coquitlam SAR has members competing in the SAR Games, defending …
Coquitlam SAR was asked by Coquitlam RCMP to search for missing Shin NOH, 64 years old, near Lansdowne Drive and Guildford Way on Wednesday September 18th. The team responded with 15 members who spent the evening searching areas near his home and where he was known to frequent with no results. Coquitlam RCMP asked …
At 14:20 on Thursday August 15th Coquitlam SAR was tasked by the BC Ambulance Service to respond to a 20 year old female subject with an injured knee on the West Buntzen Trail. Working closely with the Buntzen Lake wardens, team members were transported by boat to a location several kilometres up the lake and …
At 17:30 on July 14th, Coquitlam SAR was asked by Coquitlam RCMP to assist the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) (Coal Harbour) and Royal Canadian Marine SAR (RCM-SAR Station 2) in the rescue of an injured 29-year old male at Granite Falls on Indian Arm, a part of our response area. He was reported to have …