2017-03-27 | Press Release
On Sunday March 26 2017, the province of BC announced a one-time $5 million announcement for the 80 recognized ground search and rescue groups across the province. Chris Kelly, President of BCSARA, stated following the announcement of the $5 million, “The British...
2017-03-16 | Press Release
MEDIA RELEASE North Shore Rescue Legal Action March 16, 2017 Media enquiries: media@bcsara.com www.bcsara.com In recent days, the issue of donating to search and rescue groups has come to light and commanded a lot of public and media attention. One of our...
2017-03-13 | AdventureSmart, Announcements, Press Release
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...
2017-03-11 | AdventureSmart, Announcements, Press Release
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...
2017-02-14 | Announcements
BCSARA is pleased to announce the ‘Request for Proposal’ (RFP) is now available for download for proponents who wish to bid on the Provincial Data Management System (DMS). Bidding closes on March 31st, 2017 at 1600 hrs PST. The following files (5) contain the...
2016-12-21 | Press Release
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION December 18, 2016 Fire at Sparwood Search and Rescue Base In an unfortunate case of irony right before the holidays, early on December 17th it was Sparwood Search and Rescue who were in need of emergency assistance,...
2016-12-19 | Press Release
BCSARA Online Store Show your support for the 2500 Search and Rescue unpaid professionals throughout BC by purchasing our branded merchandise. BCSARA is pleased to announce our partnership with Tate Products and the many items are available...
2016-12-16 | Announcements
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA), Provincial Emergency Program Air (PEP AIR), and Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) have worked together on the Search and Rescue Memorial Committee with the purpose of; ‘to establish a memorial...
2016-12-05 | AdventureSmart, Announcements
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...
2016-11-21 | Press Release
SAR-NIF Project Update November 2016 With funding from the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (NIF), and in cooperation with Emergency Management British Columbia (EMBC) through the Search and Rescue Joint Health and Safety Committee and the Swiftwater Task Force,...
