Are “selfies” hazardous?
From a Search and Rescue perspective none of the reasons for climbing a mountain makes a damn bit of difference when you’re rolling someone into a body bag and flying them off a mountain in a cargo net
Tag: rescue
“Dog Walker” Behaviour Profile
Musing on managing a recent multi day search for a missing dog walker, and a lost person behaviour profile for Dog Walkers
Out of Bounds Skiers are not the problem
There’s no appreciable difference between and out of bounds skier and most other rescues SAR does.
Are we rescuing people too soon?
Incident outcomes in the South Coast of BC
(Copyright Michael Coyle, reuse with permission)
Is a cold night out in the bush really such a terrible thing that we risk rescuer’s health and well being?
RCMP to be charged for CH-149 Cormorant
Two sources indicate that the Department of Defence is considering charging the RCMP for the use of the CH-149 Cormorant for search and rescue in BC
On Life Jackets
Hundreds of people die of drowning every year because they are not wearing life jackets.
Smart Phone and GPS
Clarifications and reiterating smart phone GPS capabilities, PLBs, and how to automate the process of determining someone’s location.
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.
Donations are not repayment
Training in Squamish in 2008
Terrible reporting on a rescued person’s donation as “repayment” has resulted in the impression that SAR teams charge for rescue: they don’t!