The Coquitlam SAR Blog; team updates, press releases, announcements and search reports.
Last weekend, SAR member and Surrey Fire Rescue member Kevin Ristau competed on a team including members from Metro Vancouver in the Group de Recconnaissance Interventione Millieux Perilleux (GRIMP Day) international rope rescue competition, placing 20th of 34 entries. Congratulations to Kevin and the team for their hard work! In Kevin’s words It has taken me …
Coquitlam SAR was busy this week with two different rescues in the Eagle Ridge area, just two weeks after an overnight rescue of three hikers in the same place. A few hours after our helicopter operations training, the team was notified by Coquitlam RCMP at 5:30 of a stranded hiker near the Swan Falls trail. The team …
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 …
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 May 4, 2013, a group of five Coquitlam Search and Rescue members will be riding in Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation’s Wheel 2 Heal. Wheel 2 Heal is a bicycle ride that raises money for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. Riders have a choice of courses to suit their fitness, challenge level and mood and …