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Tag: missing

SAR Missing Persons Database

By Michael Coyle Posted on 24/03/2017 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with missing, SAR
SAR Missing Persons Database

There’s no central list of missing persons SAR groups in BC have been unable to find. I’d like to create one.

Missing versus Lost

By Michael Coyle Posted on 16/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with lost, missing
Missing versus Lost

What’s the difference between being lost and being missing?

Family resumes search for missing hikers from 2010

By Michael Coyle Posted on 12/09/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with missing, SAR, wilderness
Family resumes search for missing hikers from 2010

Family resumes a search for missing people from 2010. If you get in trouble in the BC backcountry, There’s always the possibility you will never be found.

The Missing Poster

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/08/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with image, management, missing, photo, poster, search, software
The Missing Poster
Landscape output on Letter sized paper

It’s not easy making poster for a missing person unless you’ve done some preparation. Two methods are presented for making the missing poster.

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