Earlier this summer we wrote about Coquitlam SAR’s ongoing Trail Marking Project – our attempt at preventing SAR call-outs by making sure popular local trails are well marked and mapped. Combining funding from Coquitlam SAR, Buntzen Lake Wardens (BC Hydro), BC Parks, the Valley Outdoor Association, the Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC (FMCBC) and under the leadership of team member …
A magical force has taken control of the Coquitlam Search and Rescue social media feeds for the holidays!
It appears that Prusik, An “Elf on the Shelf” has been posting every night, but instead of watching little girls and boys to make sure they are good, this elf has been posting about backcountry safety!
Coquitlam Search and Rescue mourns the loss of long time member Flynn Lamont, fire fighter with Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, volunteer with Canada Task Force 1 (Vancouver) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue, dog handler of Barkley (2009) Cooper (2014) and Huddleston, valued member of Coquitlam Search and Rescue. Flynn passed away at home in the early hours of …
Wesbild Holdings Ltd., a developer responsible for 400 acres of development on Burke Mountain, has donated $10,000 to support Coquitlam Search and Rescue’s Mobile Command Centre project. “Coquitlam Search and Rescue is very pleased to have Wesbild as a partner in our project,” said Sandy Burpee, fundraising chair for Coquitlam SAR. “Their generous donation will allow us to upgrade the …
Search and Rescue teams throughout BC take part in wilderness education, or what we sometimes like to call “preventative SAR” and Coquitlam SAR is no exception. However, this week the team will take our SAR prevention efforts to a new level with a trail marking project that aims to increase safety, and reduce the number of lost people in …