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SARVAC and CSA develop GSAR Curriculum for Canada
SARVAC and the Canadian Standards Association are in the late stages of GSAR Curriculum for Canada. Currently the Curriculum (Z1625) is hosted on the CSA website and is available for Public Review. We invite all those interested to view and provide constructive...
Strengthening the Ground SAR Role in Canada
This weekend, Ground SAR Groups from the British Columbia Search and Rescue Association will have an opportunity to meet in Chilliwack as a part of a SARVAC project funded by the National Search and Rescue Secretariat New Initiatives Funding entitled: “Strengthening the Ground Search and Rescue Role in Canada”.
New Hug-A-Tree and Survive Video
Exciting news! SARVAC is pleased to launch a newly revised version of the Hug-A-Tree and Survive video which is now available on AdventureSmart.ca in both official languages. The new video incorporates the use of an emergency shelter, which is consistent with the...
Missing hunter in NS’s Annapolis Valley found safe in woods north of Middleton
RCMP say the man is in good health but has minor injuries and is cold and wet
Patient Monitor to Vernon SAR
The Vernon (BC) Search & Rescue team has received a state-of-the-art piece of equipment that will help them save more lives. View video...
Mabel Lake, BC – Missing Women
In the early morning of November 11th, 2015, Vernon Search and Rescue was called out to search for two missing women in the Mabel Lake - Kingfisher area, east of Enderby, BC, Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhvY5F8ncKM
Broken Ankle – Aberdeen Plateau – HWR Extraction
Vernon Search and Rescue was called to respond to an injured subject near King Eddie (King Edward) lake, on the Aberdeen Plateau near Vernon, BC, Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsM8RriSM80
Prince Edward Island Ground SAR
Search and Rescue began on Prince Edward Island in 1995 with the establishment of a search and rescue team in West Prince, P.E.I.. The team was created in response to a missing person's case when trained searchers had to be brought in from out of province. Cst. Terry...
New Brunswick Ground SAR
What began as a letter published in 1983 in the Fredericton newspaper as a desire to have a trained team to respond to lost person emergencies, turned into the creation of the first New Brunswick team on December 20, 1983. Since it's initial formation, NB Ground...
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