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Category: Short Posts

The Snapchat search

By Michael Coyle Posted on 20/09/2017 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with SAR, Snapchat, social media
The Snapchat search
Image of trailhead

The #Snapchat search – a recent application of Social Media to #SAR

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Out of Bounds Skiers are not the problem

By Michael Coyle Posted on 27/12/2016 Posted in Short Posts Tagged with no charge for rescue, rescue, ski, snow
Out of Bounds Skiers are not the problem

There’s no appreciable difference between and out of bounds skier and most other rescues SAR does.

SAR Expertise doesn’t come free

By Michael Coyle Posted on 07/06/2016 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with expertise, SAR, technology
SAR Expertise doesn’t come free

If you are developing a project to assist SAR – tap into our expertise, but do so by respecting that our time is valuable and worth paying for.

UAV Exemption myths

By Michael Coyle Posted on 18/05/2016 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with technology, UAV
UAV Exemption myths

Where you can and can’t fly your UAV under the Transport Canada sub-2kg exemption for commercial use.

Uniforms in SAR

By Michael Coyle Posted on 04/05/2016 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with Equipment, musing

Take a look at these soldiers They are members of the Spanish Legion, and while you or I may think they look a little funny they are proud of their uniforms. Uniforms you ask? Yes, those are their dress uniforms. …

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Most popular posts 2015

By Michael Coyle Posted on 27/12/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts 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 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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Your worst day

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/07/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with death
Your worst day

On dealing with friends and family on the worst day of their lives

A decade of long line rescue

By Michael Coyle Posted on 06/03/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with CDFL, HETS, long line, rescue
A decade of long line rescue

A short reflection on a decade of being a long line rescue tech.

#TrailHeadSelfie

By Michael Coyle Posted on 26/02/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with #TrailHeadSelfie, safety
#TrailHeadSelfie

The #TrailHeadSelfie – possibly the simplest and easiest safety tool you have

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