by Darren Boss | Aug 22, 2017
Tuesday evening’s business meeting was interrupted by a call from the Emergency Co-ordination Center in Victoria, informing Campbell River Search and Rescue (CRSAR) of a SPOT beacon distress call on the shore of Burman Lake, near the Golden Hinde in the very center of...
by Dylan Baker | Aug 17, 2017
Response 1 A Dodge Ram 5500 with a custom box, Response 1 is our primary initial response vehicle for both searches and (land-based) rescues. Our priority when we purchased this truck was to get a vehicle powerful enough to carry an assortment of essential gear as...
by Grant Cromer | Aug 8, 2017
Campbell River Search & Rescue was activated on Monday Aug. 7th to perform a Class D long line rescue near Della Falls. At 12:15 we received a call from Alberni Valley Rescue squad to assist in the rescue of a member of a large hiking party who had become injured...
by Tyler Abbott | Aug 6, 2017
Campbell River Search & Rescue responded to support Westcoast Inland Search & Rescue and assist a lone hiker on Pogo Mountain, between Port Alberni & Ucluelet. Three members from CRSAR responded on board WestCoast Helicopters early Sunday morning. They...