BC Search and Rescue Teams

Since the BC Search and Rescue association maintains a list of BC SAR teams and a map of the regions they are responsible for, I am no longer maintaining this list.

Instead, I am embedding a twitter feed of all BC SAR groups. Feel free to contact me if you would like to be included in this list.


Marine Search and Rescue

Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
The Volunteer RCM-SAR’s SAR area includes more than 29,500 square kilometres of coastline, 6,500 islands, and approximately 450,000 square kilometres of internal and offshore waters. West Coast of Canada has 46 RCMSAR Stations.

• Unit 2: Indian Arm/Deep Cove
• Unit 36: Saanich
• Unit 33: Oak Bay
• Unit 14: Gibsons
• Unit 27: Nanaimo
• Unit 9: Roberts Bank
• Unit 20: Pender Island
• Unit 10: Richmond
• Unit 102: Fraser Valley
• Unit 12: Halfmoon Bay
• Unit 35: Victoria


Province Wide

BC Cave Rescue B.C. Cave Rescue is the rescue and training service of organized caving in British Columbia. It is recognized by the Provincial Emergency Program as the lead agency in cave rescue, providing specialized personnel and equipment for cave rescue emergencies on callout by the R.C.M.P. or the P.E.P. Emergency Coordination Centre

Civil Air SAR Association BC (CASARA)
PEP AIR, is a BC-wide volunteer aviation association dedicated to the promotion of Aviation Safety, and to the provision of air search support services to the National Search and Rescue Program.

• Twitter: @pepair_rescue

Urban SAR

Urban SAR Victoria

Vancouver Urban SAR (Can TF-1)