BCSARA Social Media Project

Calling all search and rescue groups, BCSARA is looking for videos of your group in action to be featured on the BCSARA social media platforms! BCSARA is looking to increase marketing and awareness of your group through content on our YouTube channel and other social...

Search and Rescue Prevention: May Long Weekend

Date:           May 19 – 21, 2018 Contact:     Sandra Riches, BC AdventureSmart Coordinator bccoordinator@adventuresmart.ca 604.671.2241 Long weekends are the busiest for the 2500 BC Search & Rescue Volunteers who respond to over 1600 incidents every year. The...

2018 Mountain Rescue Association Spring Conference

The Mountain Rescue Association’s 2018 Spring Conference will be held on June 7-10 2018 at the Goldeye Centre in Nordegg, Alberta, Canada Conference registration deadline is May 18th. Please see the following PDF and links above for details. [gview...

Managing Expectations in SAR

Think of any movie you’ve ever watched that has a Search and Rescue component in it. For example, let’s look at the recent movie San Andreas where Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays a SAR helicopter pilot / superhero. How are we (SAR responders)...

BC AdventureSmart Summer 2018 Job Posting

AdventureSmart is seeking Outdoor educators and team members in Kelowna and Vancouver for the BC AdventureSmart Summer 2018 program. See the attached PDF below for the job postings including required skills and duties. AdventureSmart is a national, non-profit...

BC AdventureSmart Fall/Winter 2018

Travelling 13,609 km, connecting with 44 SAR groups, training 85 new volunteer presenters, sharing their message at 31 trail heads & ski skills, delivering 74 presentations and attending 12 outdoor events, the BC AdventureSmart Teams reached 10,626 people...

BCSARA Board Elections Update

As a result of the 2018 BCSARA election cycle, the following changes will take effect as of the Annual General Meeting (tentatively planned for June 1-3, 2018): Vice-President An election will take place for this position vacated in late 2017 by Colin Wiebe who moved...

The Emergency Management Exemplary Service Awards

The National Search and Rescue Secretariat SAR Awards have been replaced with the new Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award (EMSA), formally announced on December 22nd, 2017. Awards will be granted in five categories: Resilient Communities; Search and Rescue...

BCSARA Technology Committee call for interest

The BC Search and Rescue Association is seeking individuals interested in serving as volunteer members of the newly formed BCSARA Technology Committee, and related sub-committees. For details on the committee and how to apply, please see the attached Call for...