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Long term SAR Trends in British Columbia

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/09/2017 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with information, InfoSAR, statistics
Long term SAR Trends in British Columbia

Emergency Management BC published the yearly summary statistics for emergency response in BC and like last year I did some analysis. We now have 20 years of statistics on SAR in BC! You may recall that last year there seemed …

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New BCSARA Web Site

By Michael Coyle Posted on 01/05/2013 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with BCSARA, information
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.

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