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It's an exciting weekend of wildland rope rescue coming up with Wells Gray Search and Rescue in Clearwater once again hosting their biannual Southern Interior Rope Exercise, SIRE, on April 27 and 28.
Teams from Kamloops SAR, Shuswap SAR, Vernon SAR, and many more from around BC will converge on Clearwater for a weekend of practicing their rope rescue skills and to learn new ones along the way.
It's a great opportunity as well to forge new relationships and create friendships with the many other teams that we support and who support us in turn.
Residents in Clearwater can expect to see a lot of SAR jackets walking around town over the next few days!
(JM)
SAR groups develop a selection of pre-plans relevant to SAR operations they are most frequently involved in. This provides SAR with essential background information, operational guidelines, and technical data required to plan and conduct similar SAR responses in the future. This can save valuable time. Particularly in the planning stage of a response. Saturday was a beautiful day for a team hike to a local attraction as part of pre-planning and teambuilding. 😅☀️ #savonacaves (DG)
7.30am KSAR was activated to find a person in distress who used the iPhone SOS messaging system to relay that they were injured. We verified the subject's location and handed off to Logan Lake RCMP.
11.30am stand down.(DG)
KSAR's Parker and Carole were invited to present to Grade 5 of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Kamloops. They talked about what Kamloops Search and Rescue does, how dogs use their nose to find things, and what kind of equipment a K9 Handler would carry in their bag for their K9 partner. The children were awesome, had lots of questions and some top tips for training dogs. They were also experts at feeding Parker treats.🐾
Thanks for the invite OLPH grade 5! (CC/DG)
During a wildfire training exercise Tuesday afternoon, Summit Helicopters observed a body in the South Thompson River. A small group of KSAR swift water technicians were promptly dispatched for recovery.
The deceased has been identified as Kyle Ferg, a 32-year-old Kamloops man, who was the subject of our search on December 1, 2023. KSAR, along with mutual aid teams, conducted thorough searches of Mission Flats, the beaches along the river, and McArthur Island, where his cell phone was discovered. This discovery, though sombre, brings a measure of closure to those members who tirelessly searched for him. Our mission always aims to bring individuals back to their families, even in the most difficult circumstances, to allow them to find peace.
Our sincere condolences go out to Kyle's family and friends.(DG)