Coquitlam Search and Rescue is planning our yearly Helicopter training day with Talon Helicopters on Sunday, June 2nd 2013, and this year we’re trying something new. We’ve invited Guardian UAV Services Canada (Guardian UAV) to attend and demonstrate some of their Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and related technology. Helicopter Rescue In order to maintain a high …
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 …
Recently 4 of the newer members of Coquitlam SAR participated in a 3-day training course to qualify as Swiftwater Rescue Technicians. Colin Saurette of Coquitlam SAR is a certified SRT instructor and taught the course for our team, as well as for 3 members of the Vancouver Police Department. In our search area we often …
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 …
Four Coquitlam SAR members recently participated in a hypothermia workshop. The class was taught by Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, professor of thermophysiology at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Giesbrecht is a ground-breaking expert in cold research and education. So we were all pretty excited! We learned about the physiological effects of cold water immersion and submersion. …