Search and Rescue Prevention – BC Day Long Weekend

“BC has over 1700 search & rescue incidents each year and we need you to help us bring that number down.” The “BC Day Long Weekend” is all about hiking, biking, camping & boating. Incidentally, mishaps occur that are preventable. Before every adventure: Leave...

Summer 2017 AdventureSmart teams

Traveling in excess of 18,500kms and reaching 10,050 outdoor enthusiasts face-to-face, the Summer 2017 BC AdventureSmart Teams had an exceptional outreach season from May – August delivering the SAR prevention message. Their primary objective is to help reduce...

JOB POSTING – Summer AdventureSmart Teams!

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 working...

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...

#BraveTheCold – When the Rockies Turn Blue | Coors Light Canada

It has come to the attention of the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) that a TV commercial called #BraveTheCold – When the Rockies Turn Blue | Coors Light Canada has recently begun airing on YouTube and TV. #BraveTheCold focuses on the...