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 Chris Wickham | Oct 25, 2018 | Featured, HQ News, SAR exercise, Training
Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue is featured in the November 2018 edition of BC Shipping News Magazine, available for purchase now. RCMSAR is part of a proud tradition of lifeboat services on the West Coast dating back more than a century. With a broadened...
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...
by Geeks on the Beach | Nov 26, 2017 | HQ News
By Chris Wickham, Coxswain, RCMSAR Station Mill Bay This winter I had the privilege of attending the IMRF Lifeboat Crew Exchange Programme in Germany, hosted by the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS). The objective: to share experiences, ideas, and best...
