Tracking people with dementia when they wander
Project Lifesaver Tracking Equipment
There are various technologies available to track missing subjects with dementia that allow trained searchers to locate them.
Author: Michael Coyle
Provincial Dementia Action Plan for BC
Province of BC has a Dementia Action plan that makes no mention of prevention, education or response to subjects that wander, a life threatening situation.
Searching for Missing people with Dementia
Many people don’t know that wilderness SAR teams are often called to search for subjects with dementia in BC, and it is one of the hardest parts of our job.
Unmanned Systems Canada
QuadCopter UAV
I presented at the Unmanned Systems Canada conference in Vancouver on the operational use of UAVs for Search and Rescue.
Social Media and SAR Operations
My presentation from SARScene 2013 on Social Media and SAR Operations #SMSAR
SARScene 2013
This year I’m attending the conference, presenting, and facilitating at two sessions, exhibiting at the trade show and cheering on the SAR Games.
Social Media in Search and Rescue
I’d like to introduce a new hastag to further the discussion of Social Media in Search and Rescue: #SMSAR
Family resumes search for missing hikers from 2010
Family resumes a search for missing people from 2010. If you get in trouble in the BC backcountry, There’s always the possibility you will never be found.
UBCM To Debate SAR Funding Model
Flying over Whistler Village in 2008
The Union of BC Municipalities has proposed a resolution on SAR funding. They support the province funding SAR fully, as their previous resolutions show.
Growth of of the Long Line Rescue technique
Looking up
By analysing a database of SAR incident on BC over the past decade we can show the grown of the Long Line Rescue technique over time.