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!
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 …
Coquitlam Alternate Basic Education (CABE) is the School District 43 alternative high school for students not doing well in a traditional learning environment. The school offers smaller class sizes, a more personalized approach to student learning, and self-pacing with most courses set up to be completed within 2 – 3 months. Many students have experienced …
Coquitlam SAR member Robert Sell shows us what is in his SAR pack.
Next week Coquitlam SAR is going to launch a new initiative. We’re going to be tweeting all of the team’s training events under the hashtag #CoqSARTraining and you can follow along as team members take part in all of the various non-operational but essential training we do as a team. For example, in the months …