North Shore Credit Union Golf Tournament

Friday we had our annual North Shore Credit Union Golf Tournament - which is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and essential to the operations of North Shore Rescue.

We will be posting photos soon, but I wanted to announce that we raised a record breaking $45,000 this year - $10,000 more than last year!

A HUGE thank you to North Shore Credit Union for organizing, and another HUGE thank you to all sponsors and attendees. NSR would not be able to operate without the generous support of NSCU and all of the sponsors. I cannot emphasize how important this fundraiser is to us and the community of the North Shore. The subjects that we rescue owe NSCU in part as well, as this fundraiser helps pay for a lot of training and equipment.

There were some great auction items this year including helicopter flights, guided hiking tours and dinner at our cabin.

We also set-up a highline across a water hazard and had some fun dunking people in the pond.

It was a great day, and thank you to all who attended!

There are a few photos up on our FlickR account - http://www.flickr.com/photos/northshorerescue/

Saturday Tasks

Saturday morning we were paged out for a 14 year old male who had a fractured ankle near Granite Falls up Indian Arm.

The HFRS team was scrambled and NSR was on scene quickly via Talon Helicopters. BC Parks was also on scene as they were already in the area.





The subject received first aid from BC Parks, and was then extricated via HFRS and flown back to our Bone Creek SAR Station where he was handed over to BCAS.


Shortly after we were notified of an another rescue on Cypress. NSR flew to Cypress and quickly picked up the injured hiker/snowboarder and handed him over the BCAS at the Cypress Parking lot. The photos are from the first rescue up Indian Arm (Photo Credit Rob Wilson).

New Members

NSR held our AGM last night and elected a new Executive. After being on the Executive for 5 years I decided to take a break and Roz has taken my place. Good luck to the new Executive in 2008/2009, its been a pleasure serving with you!






Congratulations to our new members Roz and Connie. Both putting in huge amounts of extra training to pass the MIT exam. They were presented with the coveted NSR Jacket - a well deserved reward.

Left: Tim and Roz















Below: Tim, Connie and Mike L.

Controversy Heats Up Over Insurance

SAR teams across BC are getting into the discussion around insurance and liability concerns.

North Shore Rescue will continue to provide SAR Service. NSR is covered by a third party insurance company. This has been extensively looked at, and discussed, and NSR and its members are covered.

However, some rescue teams may not be as they do not carry 3rd party insurance. A number of teams met Wednesday evening to discuss these issues.

Article from Pique New Magazine.

Golden SAR Suspending Services

Based on a recent lawsuit against Golden SAR - they have decided to suspend services.

For more info - Victoria New Story.

BC Local News Story - NSR reaction on lawsuit.

Search for Daniel Hughes

Friday afternoon we were paged out to search for Daniel Hughes who has been missing for about a week.

His bike was found just off of Hill Dr. at the base of Mt. Seymour chained to a tree.

We did a hasty search of the trails around the area and then switched to a grid search.
Saturday the search was continued, however, we unfortunately were unable to find any clues as to his whereabouts. The area is massive, and it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, hence the search was shut down Saturday night.

PDF of information and picture for Daniel Hughes - DanielHughesPoster.pdf.

CBC News story with picture of Daniel. If you see him please phone 911.

MIT Exam

Last Saturday we completed our Members in Training (MIT) exam on Seymour.

The 3 MIT's had to complete a number of stations demonstrating their proficiency in a number of areas including -

Rappelling
Ascending a rope using prussiks
Anchor selection and creation
Knots
Stretcher Rigging
Rope Rescue 3 to 1 system
Tandem Prussik belay
Avalanche Beacon Search
First Aid/Hypothermia Treatment
Shelter Building
Map and Compass and GPS skills

The exam went well, and congratulations to our MIT's for completing the exam!

If you are interested in joining NSR - now is the time to apply! We are holding interviews over the summer.