Author Archives: Neil

2 members of Kent Harrison Search and Rescue assisted with the search for a 24 year-old male in the small remote village of Klemtu, north of Bella Bella. The search was suspended on 2012/05/10 after almost a week of searching by … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 1200hrs on 2012/04/28 by the RCMP to assist in locating a female subject who had fallen 1,000′ from a tandem hang glider flight on Mt Woodside. SAR members from several Fraser Valley teams were training … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 16:45 on 2012/04/16 to investigate reports of a vehicle 200′ down a ravine at the 23Km mark on the Harrison West FSR. SAR members accessed the vehicle and found no trace of any subjects. 37 … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 16:15 on 2012/04/15 to assist paramedics in the extrication of an injured paraglider. The team was stood-down while en-route as paramedics were able to access the subject and evacuate him. 8 searcher-hours

The team was paged at 10:05 on 2012/04/15 to investigate reports of an overturned boat on the Fraser River near Agassiz. 2 SeaDoos were used to access the vessel, which was empty. SAR members recovered the small boat and secured … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 17:08 to respond to Mt Woodside to assist the British Columbia Ambulance Service (BCAS) in extricating an injured paraglider. The subject had encountered difficulty when his reserve chute deployed, sending him into trees, south of … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 16:15 to respond to 20-Mile bay on the Harrison West forest service road for an ATV accident. The team was stood down while responding when it was learned that the subject was being transported by … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 18:00hrs on 2012/03/16 to assist the RCMP in investigating a vehicle in Morris Lake. A resident in the rural area had seen what he thought was a vehicle in the water. RCMP asked SAR to … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 17:05 to respond to Seabird Island near Agassiz to assist the RCMP with a search for a despondent female. The subject was located by family members just as SAR arrived on scene. 11 searcher hours.

The team was paged at 07:30 to provide mutual assistance to Hope Search and Rescue to locate a missing male in Hope. The subject was located later that morning. 20 searcher hours.