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Tag: numbers

How to NOT kill Yourself Snowshoeing

By Michael Coyle Posted on 29/11/2010 Posted in Blog Entry 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 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

The Shape of SAR in BC

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/11/2010 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with InfoSAR, numbers, SAR
The Shape of SAR in BC
SAR Member using a map

How does search and rescue work in British Colubmai

The InfoSAR project

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/11/2010 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with InfoSAR, numbers, SAR
The InfoSAR project
Travel on lightly snow-covered rocks

The InfoSAR project: to gather statistics and analyse search and rescue data for British Columbia

How to Kill Yourself Snowshoeing

By Michael Coyle Posted on 29/10/2010 Posted in Blog Entry, Essay Tagged with accident, InfoSAR, numbers, safety, SAR, ski, snow, snowshoe, weather
How to Kill Yourself Snowshoeing

A review of snowshoe accidents in BC reveals that snowshoers are more likely to die in a slip and fall than in an avalanche.

SAR Day 72: AGM and hours not tracked.

By Michael Coyle Posted on 04/10/2010 Posted in Blog Entry, SAR Day Tagged with numbers, SAR, SARDay

We had our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday the 28th of September. As a Society under the province of British Columbia, we abide by the Society’s Act, and have to have an AGM once a year to elect our executive …

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