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Home › Posts tagged rescue

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Are “selfies” hazardous?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/07/2018 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with #TrailHeadSelfie, grim, instagram, rescue
Are “selfies” hazardous?

From a Search and Rescue perspective none of these reasons for climbing a mountain makes a damn bit of difference.

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“Dog Walker” Behaviour Profile

By Michael Coyle Posted on 26/01/2018 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with management, map, rescue, SAR
“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

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Out of Bounds Skiers are not the problem

By Michael Coyle Posted on 27/12/2016 Posted in Short Posts 18 Comments Tagged with no charge for rescue, rescue, ski, snow
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?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 06/10/2015 Posted in Blog Entry 6 Comments Tagged with rescue, risk
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?

A decade of long line rescue

By Michael Coyle Posted on 06/03/2015 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts 1 Comment Tagged with CDFL, HETS, long line, rescue
A decade of long line rescue

A short reflection on a decade of being a long line rescue tech.

RCMP to be charged for CH-149 Cormorant

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/10/2014 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment Tagged with cost recovery, military, rescue, SAR
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

By Michael Coyle Posted on 20/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts 5 Comments Tagged with drowning, grim, life jackets, rescue, water
On Life Jackets

Hundreds of people die of drowning every year because they are not wearing life jackets.

Smart Phone and GPS

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/01/2014 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with GPS, rescue, smart phone, tech
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

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.

Donations are not repayment

By Michael Coyle Posted on 02/08/2013 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment Tagged with media, no charge for rescue, rescue, SAR
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!

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