Mike Neilson, a former Port Coquitlam firefighter and member of Coquitlam SAR has been accepted into the SAR Technician training course! Mike was one of the 6 people selected from across Canada to compete with 18 military personnel for 12 Search and Rescue Technician jobs with the Canadian Military. Mike writes to the team about the last 6 months: I …
Frequently Asked Questions: Why do you volunteer? SAR team members spend a lot of time (see Membership) training, and then spend their time in the middle of the night or in the snow and rain looking for people. Why do they do it? That’s a very good question. One reason is for the sense of …