"The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association is extremely pleased to receive this additional funding on behalf of the 80 groups and 2,500 volunteers across the province"
MEDIA RELEASE North Shore Rescue Legal Action March 16, 2017 Media enquiries: media@bcsara.com www.bcsara.com In recent days, the issue of donating to search and rescue groups has come to light and commanded a lot of public and media attention. One of our...
AdventureSmart is a national outreach program focusing on outdoor safety education designed to promote personal preparedness, encourage safe outdoor activities and lifestyles concentrating on search & rescue prevention. The BC AdventureSmart Teams will be...
With the support provided by the Province of BC with last year's $10 million grant BCSARA was able to partner with the Lifesaving Society to run two teams of presenters for the AdventureSmart program. The teams, based in Vancouver and Kelowna, were able to make...
In an unfortunate case of irony right before the holidays, early on December 17th it was Sparwood Search and Rescue who were in need of emergency assistance, when a fire broke out at their SAR base.
BCSARA is pleased to announce the creation of our online store where you can purchase branded apparel and backcountry safety tools.
Update on the SAR-NIF Swiftwater project for November 2016
An update on the progress disbursing the Province of BC's 10 million dollar one-time SAR funding
Information on the upcoming BCSARA 2017 elections for representatives and board members.
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) is very pleased to announce that approval has been received for funding under Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR-NIF) to establish a sophisticated provincial on-line database. This 3-year project...
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