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Happening this Saturday! Author Cathalynn Labonté-Smith is generously donating the proceeds of book sales to ASAR.
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Happening this Saturday! Author Cathalynn Labonté-Smith is generously donating the proceeds of book sales to ASAR. ... See MoreSee Less
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ASAR has recently announced its RESCUE READY Fundraising Campaign for 2023 with the opportunity to donate and obtain a charitable tax credit for 2022. Unfortunately, our Command 2 Initial Response Vehicle was seriously damaged during the recent storm and will need to be immediately replaced. Now, more than ever, your support is needed not only for our longer term fundraising campaigns but additionally to replace an Emergency Vehicle now urgently required. Please check out our website for donation options and/or contact ASAR at asar.donations@gmail.com should you have additional information or support to provide. ... See MoreSee Less
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It's Giving Tuesday!
Our Rescue Ready 2023 Campaign is starting now to give you the opportunity to get a charitable receipt for 2022! We are fundraising to purchase a new Initial Response Vehicle.
Target is $100,000 with $25,000 committed so far. Go to www.arrowsmithsar.ca to donate today! ... See MoreSee Less
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The new iPhones can now send SOS via satellite! ... See MoreSee Less
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So much more information is needed here like don’t solely rely on it. It’s not a stand alone device at all.
Arrowsmith SAR was called out the afternoon of November 16 to search for a woman who had become lost while hiking in and around Englishman River Falls Park. SAR members were dispatched to the Park and the logging roads out of Mosaic’s Northwest Bay Division. A SAR Manager was able to call her cell phone and establish her probable location on a map which allowed teams to quickly locate the woman who was hiking with her dog. She had taken a wrong turn and ended up on a logging road. She was brought back to her vehicle at the Park and expressed her thanks by giving all SAR members a big #Sar
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Thank you all for all your efforts. People really understand what you are all about when they are in trouble.
Thanks for all you do Arrowsmith Search And Rescue!
Love a happy ending 💕
I was out dirbiking on mosaic side and ran into a lady walking with a two week old baby and she was somewhat lost. Came out of the trail at the usual spot onto the logging road. She was hoping to find another route back to the river. I convinced her to turn around and head back.
Great work!!!
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The Provincial Government Caucus recently held a retreat in Parksville, and Arrowsmith SAR was pleased to give some of them a tour of our Operations Centre. The MLA’s were given a brief history of ASAR and how it has progressed from a small group of people with no training or equipment to the professional volunteer group it is today. They were also given a demonstration by our rope rescue team on stretcher handling and techniques to rescue a climber stranded on a cliff. For the latter Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth volunteered to be the “stranded climber”. He was then given a close up view of how ASAR rope team members reach subjects, put them in a rescue harness then raise them back up a cliff. There was very good discussion on how ASAR and other teams operate in the Province before the tour ended on a ver#Sars#asar #arrowsmithsars#arrowsmithsearchandrescuei#MLAa#NDPn#publicsafety##roperescues#ropetrainings#parksvillea#qualicumbeachl#vancouerislandch #vancouerisland ... See MoreSee Less
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Shuswap Search and Rescue recently posted that Randy Lewis was retiring after 30 years as a SAR member. For 23 of those years Randy was a big part of Arrowsmith SAR, where he belonged to the Swiftwater team as well as being a SAR Manager. Randy filled many roles while a member of Arrowsmith SAR, enjoy your retirement!Happy SAR Retirement! This summer Randy decided to hang up his SAR hat after 30 continuous years of active service in Search & Rescue in BC. He spent 23 years with Arrowsmith Search And Rescue and then seven more with SVSAR in a career that included many specialty skills as well as being a SAR Manager. He always had a smile on his face and we will miss seeing it at 2 a.m. (but we are pretty sure he won't miss being awake at 2 a.m. 😁) Congratulations, Randy! ... See MoreSee Less
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Congrats Randy. I remember back when you joined ASAR. Take care.
Thank you for everything ❤️
Congrats Randy!!
Hey Randy Lewis, what're you going to do now? You can't just sit around and do nuthin!
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Thank you to everyone who came out to our Grand Opening over the weekend! We're so grateful for the support of our community and generous donors. ... See MoreSee Less
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Going to need to tour that sometime.
Congratulations- what a great facility!
Congratulations Arrowsmith! We had our grand opening this weekend too! 👏
Congratulations!
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Congratulations Arrowsmith Search And Rescue 👏
Congratulations! You guys have a hall to be proud of!
Congratulations, May you never need to utilize your new building except for training
On September 27th members of the NDP caucus visited our new operations centre. We gave them a tour of our facility and showed them what our team had learned at their recent rope training certification 😊 Thanks for the visit! ... See MoreSee Less
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Arrowsmith SAR hosted a Rope Rescue Technician 2 evaluation on the weekend with members of Arrowsmith and @cowichansar being evaluated by Instructors from Island Alpine Guides
It was an intensive weekend demonstrating advanced rescue techniques in a vertical environment. The evaluations began Friday evening at ASAR’s Operations Centre, then continued at Little Mountain on Saturday and Sunday. Four members of ASAR were certified as Rope Rescue Technician 2 as part of our continuing work to raise our response capabilities even higher.
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Thank you for taking care of people in and around our community ❤️
THIS SATURDAY - Come on down to the Grand Opening of our Operations Centre at the Qualicum Beach airport.
Date: Saturday, October 1,2022
Event Time: 11:00 am – 2:00pm
Location: 1050 Ravensbourne Lane, Qualicum Beach, BC
Our totally volunteer membership is excited to demonstrate the operational readiness of our new home with demonstrations by our specialty teams as we strive to improve the SAR capabilities this facility will assist in providing. In addition to the Rope, Swiftwater and Advanced First Aid demonstrations, there will be facility tours and display booths.
Click here for more info and to add the date to your calendar: fb.me/e/1UWNk#asar
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Would be gone in 1 sitting for sure