On Sunday May 19th, Coquitlam SAR members had just returned from assisting Ridge Meadows SAR in the search for a missing man in Maple Ridge, when we were paged by Coquitlam RCMP at 19:00. Three 23 year old male hikers reported themselves lost. They had been hiking on the Dilly Dally trail out of Buntzen …
On Sept 15th, 2012 Coquitlam SAR worked together with Talon Helicopters to practise hover exit/entry procedures, stretcher loading and HETS (Helicopter External Transportation System) insertion and extraction. 30 members took part in the training on a sunny, warm September morning. Ground SAR members were involved in HETS flights to orientate them to being flown …
Sept 14, 2012 Coquitlam SAR received a request for mutual aid from Ridge Meadows SAR. RMSAR had been out searching through the night for a 26 year old female lost in the area north of Pitt Lake. Coquitlam SAR responded with members for a ground team, SAR Managers and a swiftwater search team. As the …
On Thursday, August 2nd at 17:30, Coquitlam SAR was asked by Port Moody Police Department to search for two missing 20 year old women with special needs in the Sasamat Lake area. The women, on an outing with a school group, wandered away from their care givers around noon. The team arrived at 18:30, and …
Last year, Coquitlam SAR announced our intention to develop a significant new rescue capability within the team. The technique, known within the BC Search and Rescue community as the Helicopter External Transportation System, or HETS, is also known as “long line”, “short haul” or “Class D operations.” Pioneered by Parks Canada Mountain Safety, and adopted by SAR …