Kamloops Search And Rescue

UPDATE: Missing campers safe in Adams Lake area

KAMLOOPS – Campers are now safe and sound after reporting their locaton to Search and Rescue team members looking for them. Search manager Alan Hobler says the team began the search around 12:40 p.m., May 24, after a woman didn’t return home from a camping trip. The missing woman’s mother told police her daughter was...

Parents and baby stranded on Thompson River rescued

KAMLOOPS – A fishing trip on the Thompson River near Kamloops on Saturday turned into what must have been a harrowing experience for a couple and their 15-month-old baby. Kamloops Search and Rescue were called to help firefighters rescue the trio from their jet boat, which had become stuck on a sand bar in the...

Police asking for public’s help in missing person case

KAMLOOPS - Police are asking for the public’s assistance in the search for a man reported missing May 18. Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the Kamloops RCMP detachment, says the police helicopter, the dog unit and Kamloops Search and Rescue spent the evening searching the area where the man’s truck was located. Agency members...

Rescue underway for hiker injured at Paul Lake

KAMLOOPS – Help is on the way to an injured hiker in the Kamloops area. Kamloops Search and Rescue volunteers have been called to Paul Lake to evacuate a woman with a broken ankle, according to an email from Alan Hobler with Search and Rescue. More to come. %%embed1%% To contact the reporter for this...

UPDATE: Search called off after Kamloops family returns home safely

UPDATE: 8:31 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the family has returned home safely. 7:18 A.M., MAY 4, 2015 KAMLOOPS - A family of four has gone missing near McLure and helicopter search crews are scouring the area in hopes of locating them. Kamloops Search and Rescue was called in around...

Rescue volunteers average 240 hours per year

KAMLOOPS - More than 10,000 volunteer hours were put into Kamloops Search and Rescue in 2014 with some volunteers putting in as many as 800 hours alone. Search Manager Alan Hobler says the team was called out on 36 tasks during the year, 20 of which were operational on the ground. One of the most...