As we posted a few weeks back, team member Glen Foster has been preparing for an expedition to a research station in Nepal to conduct high altitude experiments on human physiology. Glen sent us an update on his progress. Hey gang….Am back in Vancouver (temporarily) in the final stages of preparation for my trip to …
Coquitlam Search and Rescue congratulates one of its own for successfully completing the provincial Search and Rescue Managers Course. Wendi Harder, an eight year veteran of the team with skills as a team leader and swift water rescuer, passed the four day course recently held at the Justice Institute of BC in New Westminster. Some …
Read Coquitlam SAR member Mike Coyle’s interview on being a SAR volunteer. Mike, along the other members of Coquitlam SAR and the hundreds of other Public Safety Lifeline Volunteers across British Columbia are all proud to serve. More information on National Volunteer Week
When a SAR member tells you he’s going to Everest for 6 weeks, you would assume he’s going to climb it. Not so for Coquitlam SAR team member Glen Foster, at least this time. Although he’s an avid mountaineer and backcountry skier, on this trip he’s going as part of a team of 25 medical …
On Monday, March 19, 2012 Coquitlam Search and Rescue was recognized by Mayor Richard Stewart and the City of Coquitlam council for forty years of service. Also recognized were Dan Cook, for 35 years of service and Ian Cunnings for 30 years of service. The team was formed in 1972 after a search on Burke Mountain …