New BCSARA Web Site
The new BC Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) web site provides excellent information on how SAR works, groups in BC and resources for SAR volunteers.
Category: Blog Entry
Regular blog posts
Live tweeting police scanners
Live tweeting Boston police scanners interfered with the investigation. Compared with an incident last summer. Scanning SAR frequencies has similar effect.
Hazardous Jobs
When I look back at some of the hazardous jobs I’ve had, they make Search and Rescue look easy in comparison.
Avalanche Bulletins on a Map
I put together a proof of concept to put the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Avalanche Bulletins on an interactive, full screen Google Map.
Mapping SAR Teams
I prototyped a map for the BC Search and Rescue association and I’m expanding the project to include any Search and Rescue Team.
Locating lost people using smart phones
People don’t know how to make their smart phone show their location, so I created a service that lets SAR track a person’s location via their smart phone.
SAR-Speak
Gurney Creek looking toward Grant Narrows on Pitt Lake
Emergency responders use some incomprehensible jargon at times and SAR members are no exception. An examination of SAR-speak and when it should be avoided
The Autoimmune Expedition
Mount Rainier,Disappointment Cleaver
My friend Peter Marshall is climbing Mount Rainier to raise funds and awareness for Autoimmune Disease. He could use your help: Autoimmune Expedition
Site Theme update
Over the weekend I changed the theme of the blog. For those interested, the previous theme was Skeleton from Simple Themes. It’s a free, open source, responsive HTML5 theme based on the skeleton framework. The new theme is called Responsive from ThemeID. …