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Sea to Sky Director

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/02/2016 Posted in Blog Entry 2 Comments Tagged with BCSARA
Sea to Sky Director

For those who haven’t heard I am running for the BC Search and Rescue Association Regional Director for the Sea to Sky.

SARDay 3 through 36

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/02/2016 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment Tagged with SARDay
SARDay 3 through 36

Wow. I really thought that I’d be able to reproduce the SARDay posts this year, but it turns out a lot has changed. The first is that I’m heavily involved in designing and building my team’s new Mobile Command Centre and this is essentially …

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Would signs help?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 01/02/2016 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with opinion, prevention, safety
Would signs help?

Would signs indicating how many people die in gullies on the North Shore each year help inform people about the dangers of skiing beyond the ropes?

Funding announcement this week

By Michael Coyle Posted on 29/01/2016 Posted in Blog Entry 2 Comments Tagged with funding, opinion
Funding announcement this week

Some initial comments on the 10 million funding announcement for BCSARA today. Putting the money where it belongs First off, a 10 million dollar disbursement from the government to the BC Search and Rescue Association puts right up front the message …

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“Malfunctioning” Satellite messengers

By Michael Coyle Posted on 25/01/2016 Posted in Blog Entry 11 Comments Tagged with satellite, SEND, tech, technology
“Malfunctioning” Satellite messengers

In the past year I’ve heard of two situations where the improper use of a satellite emergency notification device (SEND) such as an DeLorme InReach or SPOT Messenger have caused SAR to be called out to search. In both cases I suspect user …

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Update on UAV use for SAR in British Columbia

By Michael Coyle Posted on 07/01/2016 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment Tagged with technology, UAV
Update on UAV use for SAR in British Columbia
Not a UAV, right Peter?

The following clarification on the use of UAVs was issued by Emergency Management BC a few weeks ago; it has important implications for SAR teams considering using UAVs. This is a significant development on project I’ve been working on for the past few …

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SARDay 2: Dealing with Death

By Michael Coyle Posted on 04/01/2016 Posted in Blog Entry, SAR Day, VLOG No Comments Tagged with death, grim, SARDay, VLOG
SARDay 2: Dealing with Death

Over the new years long weekend our team was called out to assist Ridge Meadows SAR for a missing person in Golden Ears Park. Unfortunately the task ended in a fatality. Since I decided to try “vlogging” (Video Blogging) this year, I …

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SARDay

By Michael Coyle Posted on 01/01/2016 Posted in Blog Entry, SAR Day 1 Comment
SARDay
The mobile command centre I'm helping to build.

In 2010 I started a series of posts where I blogged about everything related to SAR that I did in one year. I also added up all of the hours spent on training, tasks and other SAR related things. I …

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Most popular posts 2015

By Michael Coyle Posted on 27/12/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts No Comments Tagged with #TrailHeadSelfie, GPS, meta, PLB, safety, snowshoe
Most popular posts 2015

The most popular posts on my blog for the year 2015 are, with one exception, posts that I wrote in previous years. I don’t know what that says about my blogging this year – perhaps I am getting worse or …

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URL Redirection Rant

By Michael Coyle Posted on 09/12/2015 Posted in Short Posts No Comments Tagged with rant, technology, web

A few months back I had to deal with a “webmaster” on a national site that deals with public safety information. They had some very critical public safety information at a link and literally hundreds of web sites linked to …

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