Coquitlam SAR was activated by Coquitlam RCMP at 3:30 PM yesterday for a rescue of three lost hikers on Eagle Ridge near Buntzen Lake. The hikers could not find the trail and were very cold. They had cell contact, and SAR Manager Al Hurley was able to direct one of them to the summit of …
At 9:15 PM on Wednesday November 26th, Coquitlam SAR was informed of a medical rescue on Burke Mountain. A member of the public, a HAM radio operator, was scanning frequencies when he heard a distress call on an FRS Radio (also known as the Family Radio Service) frequency. The caller said his name and that he …
Coquitlam SAR was activated by Burnaby RCMP at about 13:00 on Saturday October 11th for a missing senior with dementia in south Burnaby. The 80 year old male was last seen by his family at 08:30 that morning. People with dementia are difficult to locate because they often do not know they are lost, do not ask …
On September 1st at 15:00 Coquitlam SAR was activated by BC Ambulance for 62 year old female hiker with a sprained or broken right ankle, described as being on the west side of Buntzen Lake. The team alerted the BC Hydro wardens office, and responded to the lake. By the time members arrived, one of the …
15 members of Coquitlam SAR and two Coquitlam RCMP members spent the evening at Buntzen Lake last night rescuing two lost hikers on the Swan Falls trail. The pair, both young males, had set off at 2:30pm from the parking lot after researching the trail online. They ran out of water, and after summiting the 1200m peak, …