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Autistic Male in Burnaby On the afternoon of Friday November 27th Coquitlam SAR was activated by Burnaby RCMP to assist them in the search for an autistic 29 year old male who had gone missing from Central Park in Burnaby. With temperatures dropping rapidly, the team responded, working with the RCMP dog handler and investigators and began …

Coquitlam Search and Rescue’s new mobile command centre (MCC) will soon be on the road. The MCC has been designed, from the ground up, to take into account the experience of search and rescue (SAR) teams throughout the province. “After more than two years of planning, we are excited to see the build of our new command …

Coquitlam Search and Rescue mourns the loss of long time member Flynn Lamont, fire fighter with Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, volunteer with Canada Task Force 1 (Vancouver) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue, dog handler of Barkley (2009) Cooper (2014) and Huddleston, valued member of Coquitlam Search and Rescue. Flynn passed away at home in the early hours of …

Wesbild Holdings Ltd., a developer responsible for 400 acres of development on Burke Mountain, has donated $10,000 to support Coquitlam Search and Rescue’s Mobile Command Centre project. “Coquitlam Search and Rescue is very pleased to have Wesbild as a partner in our project,” said Sandy Burpee, fundraising chair for Coquitlam SAR. “Their generous donation will allow us to upgrade the …

Coquitlam Search and Rescue assisted other SAR groups in our region with three rescues last week. Mid week, we provided personnel including management assistance to North Shore Rescue for two multi day searches for missing hikers. In the first task, we participated in a search for a hiker missing since September 12 who was 10 days overdue. Several members …