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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.

Your GPS is lying to you

By Michael Coyle Posted on 02/11/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 5 Comments Tagged with gear, GPS, numbers, safety, technology
Your GPS is lying to you

Your GPS is lying or, at the very least, you’re probably misinterpreting what it’s saying

SAR Long Line capability “grounded”

By Michael Coyle Posted on 29/10/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 5 Comments Tagged with Equipment, helicopter, helicopters, HETS, risk, safety

Some information and clarification on the “grounding” of long line operations in BC and Canada

We don’t need Heroes

By Michael Coyle Posted on 30/07/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 4 Comments Tagged with accident, management, opinion, rescue, risk, safety
We don’t need Heroes

The Victoria Times Colonist asks if there’s leeway for first responders to be heroes, indicating they do not understand Emergency Response

The SnowBe Beacon

By Michael Coyle Posted on 23/05/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 3 Comments Tagged with avalanche, beacon, gear, safety, tech, transceiver

There’s an article over on the UnofficialNetworks blog about a new piece of “avalanche safety gear” made by a company called Snow-Beacon. The article, which I encourage you to read for yourself, describes the “SnowBe” as the “THE MOST DANGEROUS …

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The Fox 40 whistle and bird calls

By Michael Coyle Posted on 21/03/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 3 Comments Tagged with fauna, geek, safety, SAR
The Fox 40 whistle and bird calls

SAR uses whistle blasts to help find missing people in the bush, but there’s a bird that sounds just like a Fox 40 whistle.

Google Public Alerts

By Michael Coyle Posted on 30/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with safety, social media, technology

Some comments about the recently announced Google Public Alerts system.

Sledder Situational Awareness again

By Michael Coyle Posted on 18/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with avalanche, safety, sled, snow, snowmobile, training

The S.T.O.P. tool designed to encourage sledders to develop situational awareness and be safer in avalanche terrain

The Christmas break

By Michael Coyle Posted on 23/12/2011 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with safety, snow

When I was in University we would always take advantage of the Christmas break to get out there and do some backcountry skiing. We were poor; we had unreliable vehicles, lots of us either had used equipment, or we rented. …

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The ACC requires digital avalanche beacons

By Michael Coyle Posted on 17/10/2011 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with avalanche, beacon, opinion, rant, safety, snow, winter

I’m a member of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC), Vancouver Section, so I get their monthly “Alpine-E-r” newsletter. For the past several months I’ve noticed the following message in the newsletter: NEW BEACON POLICY The ACC has a new …

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