This past weekend, 12 members from across the province took part in a Media/Public Information Officer Workshop led by Jim Stanton and Drew Snider of Stanton Associates. Regional Directors from the East and West Kootenays, Thompson Okanagan, Okanagan Similikameen ,...
Response Assessment and Decision Making Support (RADeMS) Project Backgrounder: In 2012 the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) submitted an application for funding under the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR-NIF) for the development of...
Terry Yahn, Executive Director of the SAR Volunteer Association of Canada has announced the public review stage of the "GSAR Core Competency Standard" for public review. BCSARA encourages all of our members and/or groups to review this document and provide...
SARxSW 2014 www.SARxSW.ca September 27 – 28, 2014 David Lam Campus of Douglas College, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC In the late 90's, early 2000s's Rick Laing of Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue hosted a series of SARex meetings. These were...
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association is pleased to reveal our first promotional video. The video is a short indication to the viewer of what our SAR Groups provide around the province. It was taken from video clips collected during the filming of...
The British Columbia Tracking Association has been busy this spring with three very successful courses completed and three more coming up in the next few weeks open to current SAR Members belonging to a recognized BC SAR Group. Terrace - May 30 to June 1st Creston...
Search and Rescue New Initiatives Call For Proposals 2015-2016 Emergency Management BC (EMBC) and the BC Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) will be submitting applications to the National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSS) New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF) for...
The members of the BCSARA Board have received numerous requests from the SAR community requesting a copy of the Alternative Funding Model for Search and Rescue in B.C. discussion paper recently submitted to the Minister of Justice. The document has now been posted...
As a result of input from the SAR community through the Leveling the Playing Field SAR-NIF project, a provincial training committee is being formed. Please share attached document with your teams and interested members can respond directly to Wendy Hetherington at...
The BCSARA Board is pleased to announce funding has been approved for a 2 year project under the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF). The Ground Search and Rescue response assessment and decision making support project will develop and supply field...
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