by Scott Ballhorn | Aug 14, 2018
WE ARE #CRSAR Search and Rescue works because of a dedicated group of volunteers. This dedicated group of volunteers come from all walks of life including mechanics, postal workers, accountants, outdoor guides, doctors, marketers, construction workers and more. ...
by Scott Ballhorn | Aug 9, 2018
WE ARE #CRSAR Search and Rescue works because of a dedicated group of volunteers. This dedicated group of volunteers come from all walks of life including mechanics, postal workers, accountants, outdoor guides, doctors, marketers, construction workers and more. ...
by Scott Ballhorn | Jul 14, 2018
WE ARE #CRSAR Search and Rescue works because of a dedicated group of volunteers. This dedicated group of volunteers come from all walks of life including mechanics, postal workers, accountants, outdoor guides, doctors, marketers, construction workers and more. ...
by Scott Ballhorn | Jul 11, 2018
On the afternoon of July 10th Campbell River Search and Rescue were called into action to assist the RCMP and BC Ambulance with rafters who were in trouble on the Campbell River. With our quick thinking members we were able to assess the situation, come up with a...
by Dylan Baker | Jun 19, 2018
In 2017 Campbell River Search & Rescue was able to purchase two new trucks and a rescue box with funds received from the Province and BCSARA. This funding also provided for other purchases like personal protective equipment and dollars for training. Without this...
by Grant Cromer | Jan 4, 2018
2017 was a busy year for Campbell River Search & Rescue; we logged 52 operational calls for service. We had 44 in 2016 so that’s an 18% increase in call volume for the year, which is pretty typical of the stats we are seeing all over the province. Almost every...
by Scott Ballhorn | Dec 12, 2017
Campbell River Search and Rescue (CRSAR), with the support of North Island Communications, (NIComm) has been on an aggressive campaign to improve its communication networks. In years gone by, if Search and Rescue crews were on their way up Island to Port Alice, or...
by Dylan Baker | Sep 25, 2017
This past weekend members from Campbell River SAR joined Search and Rescue volunteers from a dozen other SAR groups throughout Vancouver Island at a tracking course hosted in Port Alberni. This course focused on the fundamentals of tracking, with an emphasis on...
by Scott Ballhorn | Sep 18, 2017
“This past weekend CRSAR was among 40 fellow Search and Rescue members from 8 Search and Rescue groups of Vancouver Island. These members converged to hone their skills and develop new ones at the popular Sutton Pass Rope Rescue training exercise put on by the...
by Scott Ballhorn | Sep 10, 2017
Continuing Campbell River Search and Rescue’s busy summer of calls, our Helicopter Assisted Extraction Team was called into action on the afternoon of Wednesday the 6th. The mission was to locate four experienced kayakers stranded on the Klinaklini River, which flows...
