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Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. This tends to include mountains with technical rope access issues, snow, avalanches, ice, crevasses, glaciers, alpine environments and high ...
North Shore Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to wilderness search and rescue around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It consists of a team of approximately 40 volunteers who perform an average of 79 [1] search and rescue operations each year, mostly in the rugged, steep, and thickly forested North Shore Mountains. North Shore ...
Arctomys Cave is the site of Canada's most extensive cave rescue attempt. On October 17, 1991, Rick Blak, an experienced caver and park ranger at Mount Robson Provincial Park, was struck and killed by a falling boulder deep in the cave. [5] 44 people were involved in the complex recovery of his body. [5]
Richard Warren, of the Lake District Search And Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA), said it had received 770 calls by the end of November - a rise of 20% compared to the same period last year.
Coquitlam Search and Rescue (SAR) is a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to wilderness search and rescue in the Coquitlam area of British Columbia, Canada. Its service area includes the communities of Anmore , Belcarra , Burnaby , Coquitlam, New Westminster , Port Coquitlam and Port Moody .
Mountain rescue teams recovered the body of a man on Boxing Day. Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team were called to help a man who was reported to be unconscious at Grisedale Hause, near ...
The Canadian Ski Patrol is the patrol governing body for Canada. In 1940, Dr. Douglas Firth was asked by the Canadian Amateur Ski Association (CASA) to organize and train a first aid rescue group to patrol the ski hills. The Canadian Ski Patrol System was originally a standing committee of the CASA with independent patrols in different areas.
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