by Chris Wickham | Jan 9, 2019 | Community, Featured, HQ News, News, Share
The free SAR Tools App I created in 2014 continues to grow in popularity with marine SAR organizations around the world. As of the end of 2018 there are 1878 active installs on Android and IOS devices. In the last five years there have been more than 6000 Android...
by Chris Wickham | Nov 28, 2018 | Community, Education, Featured, SAR exercise, Training
Coast Guard SAR planned two on-water Search and Rescue exercises for both Campbell River and Powell River on the weekend of 18-19 November 2018. Participants included the C.C.G., Powell River Lifeboat, SAR Program Instructors, Tla’amin Nation, RCMP and RCMSAR...
by Chris Wickham | Nov 8, 2018 | Community, Featured, HQ News, SAR exercise, Training
For one weekend in September at SAREX 2018, held at the Albert Head Training Centre in Metchosin B.C., our volunteer members of Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue did some things we typically don’t do – all in the name of working together. “Our 2018 SAREX was an...
by Geeks on the Beach | Jan 1, 2018 | Featured, HQ News
What is the Readiness Project? The Readiness Project is a multi-year project intended to improve operational readiness across the entire organization in three pillars: training, personnel and support. Our approach to the project is to use evidence-based information to...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 31, 2017 | Featured
SAREx 2017 was the biggest and best yet with nearly 170 RCMSAR crew participating plus members of our Board of Governors, Headquarters team and our Canadian Coast Guard SAR partners. The event, which took place May 12–14 at the Sunshine Coast’s Camp Elphinstone, was...
