Post by Ryan Morasiewicz: At first light on December 30th, North Shore Rescue members arrived at Cypress and shut down parking lot 3B for use as a helicopter landing zone. This was the first clear weather window since the December 17-18th rescue (http://www.northshorerescue.com/2012/12/cypress-task-missing-snowboarder/ and http://www.northshorerescue.com/2012/12/some-pics-from-cypress-task/) that would allow us to fly in and recover the ~$30,000 worth [...]
Update on Helicopter Longline Issue Resolved After hundreds of hours of hard work by MP Andrew Saxton, the manufacturer, Transport Canada, Talon Helicopters and NSR members, we are relieved to announce that North Shore Rescue is fully operational for helicopter long line rescues. As of 22:00 last night, Talon Helicopters issued release certificates for the [...]
It has been confirmed from discussions between the manufacturer and Transport Canada, this issue has been resolved. Now the mechanics of returning HETS teams to service is being worked out. We will know the timeline of this shortly. A big thank you to our MP Andrew Saxton who took it right to the top and [...]
This morning North Shore Rescue (NSR) was activated by Lions Bay SAR to provide a Helicopter External Transport System (HETS) team to evacuate a stranded subject. The lone male was one his way down from the east lion when he inadvertently descended into Harvey Creek. After a night of searching, Lions Bay SAR personell located [...]
This morning, North Shore Rescue (NSR) was requested by the RCMP to respond to two stranded climbers on the Needles in Lynn Headwaters regional park. A NSR manager interviewed the climbing pair and determined an approximate location of the subjects. Subsequently, a three man Helicopter External Transport (HETS) team was deployed to locate and extract [...]
This is a video compilation by North Shore Rescue team member Jay Piggot. It shows NSR personnel in action during helicopter operations during 2011/2012. All the aircraft belong to Talon Helicopters and are either the AS355 TwinStar or the AS350B2 AStar. Also, towards the end, you will see the BC Ambulance Service Sikorsky S76 Air [...]
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147 East 14 th Street
North Vancouver, BC, V7L 2N4
