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Map of SAR Incidents in BC 2011

By Michael Coyle Posted on 25/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with Incidents, InfoSAR, map, numbers, SAR
Map of SAR Incidents in BC 2011
Map of BC SAR Teams and Incidents from 2011 /2012

A map plotting the location of all of the SAR incidents in BC for 2011 and 2012, including the location of each team in BC.

Archived Avalanche Bulletins

By Michael Coyle Posted on 02/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with avalanche, InfoSAR, snow
Archived Avalanche Bulletins
Electron Microscope image of a snowflake

How to retrieve archived avalanche bulletins from the Canadian Avalanche Association

Accidents in Incidents: A review of SAR-related injuries

By Michael Coyle Posted on 07/01/2011 Posted in Blog Entry 2 Comments Tagged with accident, InfoSAR, SAR
Accidents in Incidents: A review of SAR-related injuries

A review of the review of SAR related incidents.

Frequency of SAR Incidents

By Michael Coyle Posted on 19/12/2010 Posted in Blog Entry, Essay 3 Comments Tagged with InfoSAR, numbers, SAR, statistics, technology
Frequency of SAR Incidents
SAR Incidents by Week and Type (2003 to 2010)

I analysed some numbers on SAR Incidents in British Columbia and made a few graphs showing how the frequency of incidents changes with the season.

Distribution of SAR Incidents in BC

By Michael Coyle Posted on 17/12/2010 Posted in Blog Entry, Essay 3 Comments Tagged with InfoSAR, numbers, SAR
Distribution of SAR Incidents in BC

The distribution of SAR tasks in British Columbia

Non-Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death

By Michael Coyle Posted on 09/12/2010 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with death, InfoSAR, rescue, safety, SAR, ski, snow
Non-Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death

I was reading a local hiking/mountaineering forum recently when I came across this post detailing a very scary incident that happened to a skier at a local resort. And then I learned a new acronym: NARSID. Now I have never …

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SAR Numbers from other Provinces

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/12/2010 Posted in Blog Entry, Essay 2 Comments Tagged with InfoSAR, numbers, SAR
SAR Numbers from other Provinces
Flying over Whistler Village in 2008

Comparing SAR incident volumes in BC to those in other provinces. BC has more than the rest of Canada combined

How to NOT kill Yourself Snowshoeing

By Michael Coyle Posted on 29/11/2010 Posted in Blog Entry 11 Comments Tagged with accident, InfoSAR, numbers, safety, SAR, ski, snow, snowshoe, weather
How to NOT kill Yourself Snowshoeing
Descending Mount Matier

Some advice on what to do when everything goes to hell.

The (textual) shape of SAR in BC

By Michael Coyle Posted on 27/11/2010 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment Tagged with InfoSAR, numbers, SAR
The (textual) shape of SAR in BC

A word cloud generated from the BC Search and Rescue Incident Summaries shows us how we describe search and rescue in BC

On Avalanche accidents in BC

By Michael Coyle Posted on 24/11/2010 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with avalanche, InfoSAR, safety, SAR, snow
On Avalanche accidents in BC

The survivability for avalanche accidents is low in BC.

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