Category Archives: Recent News

The team was paged at 02:55 to assist the RCMP in locating a male lost at Hemlock Valley. The subject called for help just after midnight when he claimed he had walked away from his rental chalet and was now … Continue reading →

The NIF Communications Project was completed on time and under budget. The final addition was a BELL Ericcson ‘turbo hub’, supplemented by a Wilson Antenna booster and an external dual-band antenna. Custom metal fabrication by SteelTec (Chilliwack, BC). Console and … Continue reading →

The Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation has awarded Kent Harrison Search and Rescue a grant of $56,000. This project will provide a vehicle for SAR volunteer transport in the form of a Chervrolet Suburban. The vehicle has … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 17:30 to assist the RCMP with a search for 2 overdue campers who were 6 hours overdue returning from a camping trip on the west side of Harrison Lake. The pair should have returned for a family … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 15:25 to assist the RCMP with a search for 6 lost hikers in Sasquatch Park. The group from Vancouver thought they were at Hicks Lake and had planned to hike the loop around the lake. They were in fact at … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 03:00 to assist the RCMP with a truck that that was semi-submerged in Harrison Lake. No-one was in the cab. SAR members searched the area and shoreline with no results. Vehicle was likely stolen from Mission. 25 searcher … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 20:30 to assist the RCMP with a search for a missing ATV rider in the Harrison East FSR/Sasquatch Park area. The team was stood down en route when the subject returned to the rendezvous point. 10 searcher … Continue reading →

The team was paged at 17:30 to respond to reports of a flare sighting on the Fraser River between the Agassiz/Rosedale Bridge and Mt Woodside. Two modified SeaDoos were used to search the channels and gravel bars in the area with … Continue reading →

The team was paged by Hope SAR to provide mutual assistance with a seach for 3 subjects at Scuzzy Creek, near Boston Bar. The trio had gone mushroom picking and become disorientated. Fortunately for them, they were very close to … Continue reading →

Kent Harrison Search and Rescue participates in the Agassiz Fall Fair every year. It gives the team an opportunity show the community what volunteer GSAR is all about. This year was the first year the Spirit of Harrison made an … Continue reading →