Coquitlam Search and Rescue and Kaizen Kinetics International (K2I, formerly North Guardian UAV Services) continue to work towards their goal of bringing UAV services to Search and Rescue in southwestern BC. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as Drones, are small remote controlled flying machines that can be used for a variety of purposes. Coquitlam SAR and …
On Saturday September 7th, members of Coquitlam SAR and representatives from Ridge Meadows SAR, Surrey SAR, the Canadian Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA), Coquitlam Fire Rescue and the SFU Telematics Research Lab attended a demonstration of the equipment, capabilities and skills of local Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services company North Guardian UAV Services. Coquitlam SAR has been …
For immediate release Coquitlam Search and Rescue has partnered with North Guardian UAV Services Canada (North Guardian) to investigate the use of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the use of Search and Rescue in BC. The use of UAVs has increased in recent years, with the first verified location of a missing subject in Canada occurring …
For last night’s SAR training, Coquitlam SAR invited a local hobbyist to demonstrate his Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and answer questions about their performance characteristics for the team and members of Ridge Meadows SAR. For the purposes of this article, a UAV is simply a radio controlled aircraft. The RC hobby is quite an old …