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What was the largest search in BC History?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 29/10/2014 Posted in Blog Entry 2 Comments Tagged with Incidents, InfoSAR, numbers
What was the largest search in BC History?
SAR Incidents by Week (2003 to 2010)

What is the largest search in BC Search and Rescue History? Almost impossible to answer to anyone’s satisfaction.

Who is paying for SAR in BC?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/02/2014 Posted in Blog Entry 7 Comments Tagged with funding, numbers, SAR
Who is paying for SAR in BC?
SAR Funding Uses

Who is paying for SAR in BC? Where does the money come from & where does it go? What does it mean that SAR funding is not stable, & how do we fix it?

Growth of of the Long Line Rescue technique

By Michael Coyle Posted on 23/08/2013 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with HETS, InfoSAR, long line, numbers, rescue
Growth of of the Long Line Rescue technique
Looking up

By analysing a database of SAR incident on BC over the past decade we can show the grown of the Long Line Rescue technique over time.

Quadrennial SAR Review feedback

By Michael Coyle Posted on 12/08/2013 Posted in Blog Entry 7 Comments Tagged with funding, numbers, SAR, technology
Quadrennial SAR Review feedback
Rescuing an Olympic Skier in 2010

The federal government recently undertook a review of Canada’s Search and Rescue program, this is my contribution to the Quadrennial SAR review

SAR Team call volumes in BC

By Michael Coyle Posted on 19/07/2013 Posted in Blog Entry 4 Comments Tagged with analysis, InfoSAR, numbers, SAR
SAR Team call volumes in BC
British Columbia SAR Team Call Volume, 2003 - 2012

Who is the busiest SAR team in BC? Using numbers from EMBC I analysed the call volumes of SAR groups in BC and came up with some interesting results.

Busiest Canada Day Weekend in a Decade

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/07/2013 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with Canada Day, InfoSAR, numbers
Busiest Canada Day Weekend in a Decade

Looking back through data from the last 11 years I figure Canada Day long weekend 2013 was the busiest we have had in BC.

Analysis of Missing Dementia in an Urban Environment

By Michael Coyle Posted on 17/06/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts 1 Comment Tagged with analysis, behaviour, dementia, numbers
Analysis of Missing Dementia in an Urban Environment

My friend Richard Laing of Ridge Meadows SAR has written an analysis of missing subjects with dementia in the Metro Vancouver area. View the document here.

Confusing an estimate with reality

By Michael Coyle Posted on 17/01/2013 Posted in Blog Entry 2 Comments Tagged with error, GPS, numbers, safety, technology
Confusing an estimate with reality

It can be hazardous when a bad user interface makes people believe something is exact when it’s an estimate, or even worse, a guess.

Canadian Avalanche Air Bag study

By Michael Coyle Posted on 14/11/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 2 Comments Tagged with analysis, avalanche, InfoSAR, numbers, safety, snow, technology
Canadian Avalanche Air Bag study

A recently released series of reports on the effectiveness of Avalanche Air Bags in Canada gives us the first evidence that they are effective.

Measuring Smartphone GPS accuracy

By Michael Coyle Posted on 09/11/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 19 Comments Tagged with GPS, numbers, smart phone, technology
Measuring Smartphone GPS accuracy

Measuring the accuracy of a Smartphone GPS, showing that it is signifcantly less accurate than a wilderness GPS

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