COQSAR (Coquitlam Search & Rescue) | BC AdventureSmart Summer Series 2022

Here's your chance to listen to, and learn from, a 19 year veteran of BC search and rescue.
Did you know Coquitlam Search and Rescue is 50 years old? Amazing group of highly skilled and trained unpaid professionals.
Our guest from CoqSAR is one of the members with an extremely high level of professionalism and dedication.
Wendi Harder, is a 19 year veteran of Coquitlam Search and Rescue.
From a SAR Manager to being a part of the HETS crew (helicopter external transport system) to leading Coquitlam SAR's Swiftwater Rescue team, Wendi is a talented, and admiral, member of her SAR group offering a wealth of knowledge, skills and abilities.
Coquitlam Search and Rescue is a Volunteer Search and Rescue team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. We serve the communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody (The Tri-cities), Anmore, Belcarra, Burnaby and New Westminster.
They are responsible for inland water, wilderness and urban search and rescue in an area bounded by;
- Indian Arm on the west,
- Pitt Lake on the east,
- Garibaldi Park to the north,
- the Fraser River to the south.
This primary area is 1762km² and includes some of the most rugged and inaccessible terrain in the southwest region of the Province of British Columbia. The team also provides assistance to residents during natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes (for example, the Kelowna Firestorm). They also respond to help other SAR teams in the region, and throughout the province. They've been sent on searches in Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Comox (Strathcona Provincial Park), Prince George, Kitimat and on occasion Washington State.
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