2016-11-16 | CISM, Press Release
On January 27, 2016 the Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness, Naomi Yamamoto, announced that the provincial government would be providing $10-million in one-time funding to help bolster training, administrative support and equipment renewals for Ground Search...
2016-11-14 | Press Release
At its recent meeting at the Pacific Region Training Centre (PRTC) in Chilliwack, BC on November 4-6 the BCSARA Board received a presentation from its Bylaws Director, Don Blakely, on the upcoming election. Don is working on revising the BCSARA Elections handbook...
2016-10-04 | AdventureSmart, Announcements
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...
2016-08-29 | Announcements, Press Release
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...
2016-05-02 | Press Release
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) is providing the 2500 unpaid Search and Rescue professionals throughout BC with a new tool to help with their call outs – the BCSARA app. The app, consisting of a number of tools related to search and rescue,...
2016-04-25 | AdventureSmart, Announcements, Press Release
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...
2016-04-08 | CISM, Press Release
In January, the Province of BC announced $10 million in funding for the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) as further support for ground search and rescue (GSAR) volunteers across the province. These funds are essential to continuing the...
2016-04-06 | Announcements
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA), Provincial Emergency Program Air (PEP AIR), and Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) wish to honour their volunteer members by establishing a memorial on the grounds of the B.C. Parliament...
2016-03-15 | Press Release
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...
