Medevac helicopter airlifts woman from Fintry Provincial Park after she fell from cliff at falls - Vernon News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
June 02, 2021 - 11:00 AM Central Okanagan Search and Rescue crew members responded to a record-breaking number of calls last month, as residents ramp up their outdoor activities. COSAR member Edward Henczel said rescue crews are seeing an uptick in activity this spring as more people are enjoying the outdoors. “There also might be more reliance (from) the RCMP on our services because a large number of these in May were missing seniors or missing teens within the city itself, which was a bit unusual,” Henczel said. COSAR reported May as the busiest month in its 67 years of service, with 12 separate tasks. Crews were also active for 19 operational days, including the 10 days spent on Okanagan Lake looking for missing diver Brian Lannon.
RDOS thanks the estimated 300 emergency volunteers for their service - Penticton News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED / COSAR April 27, 2021 - 8:52 AM Several emergency and search and rescue organizations teamed up last night to help a rock climber on Pincushion Mountain near Peachland last night. The rescue efforts of West Kelowna Fire Rescue, Peachland Fire Department, Central Okanagan Search and Rescues, Oliver/Osoyoos Search and Rescue, and Penticton Search and Rescue were called to action yesterday, April 26. Two men were hiking a popular trail in Peachland, when they decided to take a short cut down the front face of the mountain. The men, aged 28 and 29, were making their way down the mountain when one fell several metres, striking his head in the process.
COSAR and its new search dog assist police in locating a missing woman - Kelowna News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.