We encourage everyone to stay safe on the west coast, and support your local search and rescue teams.
About North Shore Rescue:
North Shore Rescue consists of approximately 50 volunteers skilled in search and rescue operations in mountain, canyon and urban settings. NSR performs approximately 130 search & rescue operations annually, with some operations lasting multiple days. NSR is just 1 of 80 SAR groups in BC Each year Search and Rescue groups in BC respond to over 1600 incidents involving over 2100 missing (lost) or injured persons. The 2500 unpaid professional volunteers, located in more than 80 BC communities are available day or night. Together these men and women donate over 100,000 hours of their time on callouts annually, and an astounding 95% subjects were found or rescued within the first 24 hours of a volunteer SAR group being activated.