A Successful Winter Season for Our AdventureSmart Teams

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...

Winter safety with AdventureSmart

With a busy season shaping up quickly & SAR prevention as the goal, the outreach teams are sharing the message at ski hills, trail-heads, in schools & on all media streams. With over 30 scheduled visits between ski hills, store fronts, tourist attractions...

Job Opportunity – BC AdventureSmart Team Member

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. Teams will be working closely with the BC...

Additional Support for AdventureSmart

The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) and the BC & Yukon Branch of the Lifesaving Society have signed a contract to provide additional support for AdventureSmart in British Columbia. As part of the $10 million funding to BCSARA from the...

Trailhead Selfies and SAR Prevention

There has been much discussion recently on the idea of the “Trailhead Selfie”, The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association strongly encourages all persons who explore the outdoors in British Columbia to carry the 10 essentials and leave a trip plan...