Rope Rescue Program Update 4th Quarter Report

Review In 2015, Emergency Management BC (EMBC) received funding from the National SAR Secretariat New Initiatives Fund (NIF) for a two-year project to update the rope rescue program for British Columbia SAR groups, which was developed in the 1980s and 1990s but had...

The BCSARA Mobile App

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,...
BCSARA Funding Model Announcement

BCSARA Funding Model Announcement

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...

Search and Rescue Volunteer Memorial Project

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...

Alternate Support Model Accepted for Internal Review

To SAR Groups and agencies: On December 18 2015 BCSARA  and EMBC representatives met on the ‘Alternate Support Model for SAR in B.C.’ proposal. Following a presentation on the  reports from which the proposal was developed and revisions to the document reflecting...