On Monday August 22, 2011 Coquitlam Search and Rescue was activated by the RCMP as a result of a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) emergency signal emanating from the Debeck Creek area of the Fools Gold route. The Fools Gold route travels from Squamish to Coquitlam through some of the most remote terrain in south west British Columbia. …
At noon on Sunday, June 12, Coquitlam Search and Rescue (Coq SAR), the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS), Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD), BC Parks and BC Hydro Buntzen Lake Wardens responded to an injured hiker on the Diez Vista Trail located on the west slope of Buntzen Lake. “We first had to locate the subject …