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Penticton Search And Rescue
Donation will help Penticton Search and Rescue save lives
PENTICTON - Penticton Search and Rescue received a welcome gift from a North Vancouver company this week. MediQuest Technologies donated two automated external defibrillators to the local search and rescue organization in an unexpected act, Penticton Search and Rescue spokesperson Randy Brown says in a media release. Search and rescue medical coordinator Scott Pettendreigh says...
Penticton search and rescue help find lost hikers and a missing person
PENTICTON - The volunteers with Penticton Search and Rescue were called out twice last night to find lost hikers, and then to find a missing person. Two young women from Quebec were hiking near Brent Mountain yesterday afternoon, Sept. 20, when they became disoriented and lost, according to a media release from Penticton Search and...
UPDATE: Mountain biker rescued in West Kelowna suffered severe neck and back injuries
WEST KELOWNA - A 54-year-old mountain biker who had to be rescued by helicopter near Smith Creek is in hospital with severe neck and back injuries, according to Penticton Search and Rescue. Information officer Randy Brown says the man was riding with friends at the end of Smith Creek around 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7,...
Four rescued from Manning Park
PENTICTON - Four missing men are safe due to the combined rescue efforts of the RCMP, B.C. Parks and three search and rescue organizations. Princeton ground search and rescue teams were activated by Princeton RCMP yesterday, September 1, after police received a distress call from four men stranded in the wilderness area straddling the Canada...
Busy year so far for Penticton search and rescue volunteers
PENTICTON - Penticton’s Search and Rescue team are dealing with unprecedented callout volumes this summer, with the busiest tourist weekend in Penticton yet to come. Penticton Search and Rescue’s Public Information Officer Randy Brown reports the organization’s call volume last year was 35 incidents for a total of 6,000 volunteer hours. This year the team...
Dramatic rescue in Penticton Creek canyon
“FILTHY, SOAKED AND SAVED A LIFE” PENTICTON – Search and Rescue volunteers helped save the life of a woman who tumbled 75 metres in the Penticton Creek canyon last night. Local search and rescue crews were called out at about 8:30 p.m., July 24, to rescue the 54-year-old Penticton woman who had been hiking on...
Search for missing Okanagan Mountain Park campers called off
OKANAGAN - A search for whoever left behind a tent and a cooler in Okanagan Mountain Park has been called off. RCMP were called about the abandoned camping equipment found near the shoreline between Goode’s Creek and Van Hyce Beach on Friday, July 17. A note left behind said the mystery campers had left July 7...
Medical rescue on Enderby Cliffs
VERNON - A female hiker in medical distress was rescued by the Penticton Search and Rescue helicopter team Tuesday afternoon. A Vernon Search and Rescue team was called to the Enderby Cliffs area for a female in medical distress Tuesday, July 14, and when they arrived they realized an air evacuation would be best because...
Penticton helicopter team called to multiple rescues around Okanagan Sunday
PENTICTON - A week-long search in the South Okanagan ended on a positive note Sunday, but Penticton Search and Rescue crews were quickly put to work helping with emergencies in other parts of the region. Search and rescue spokesperson Randy Brown says the search for two lost Ontario hikers had no sooner ended in the...
Search efforts escalate for two missing hikers in South Okanagan
PENTICTON - The search for two Ontario hikers missing since Monday in the Similkameen is escalating as the search enters its third full day. Keremeos RCMP first received a report about two hikers overdue to return to the Cathedral Lakes Lodge in the Similkameen Mountains southwest of Keremeos at 8:36 p.m. Monday, June 22. Lynne...
UPDATE: Search for missing hikers in Similkameen
PENTICTON - Efforts are increasing in a search to find two missing hikers. Search and rescue teams are working with police in looking for two people who failed to return from a hike in the Similkameen yesterday. Cpl. Dave Tyreman says Rick Moynan and Lynne Carmody, both believed to be in their 50s, left a...
Penticton Search and Rescue evacuate injured hiker at the bluffs
PENTICTON - Penticton Search and Rescue responded to a call for help at Skaha Bluffs earlier today, June 7. Fifteen search and rescue volunteers responded to a call from B.C. Ambulance Service just after 2:15 p.m. Sunday to assist with an injured climber. The man, who was reportedly seriously injured, was in the an area...
Penticton Search and Rescue wants you
PENTICTON - If you want to be the first person people call in an emergency, then Penticton Search and Rescue wants to hear from you. Training officer Mike Porter says with retirements of several long time leaders in the organization, they could use about a dozen more people to help make sure the team can...
BC Ambulance, search and rescue teams perform rescue near Summerland trestle
PENTICTON - A 40-year-old man in medical distress near the Summerland KVR trestles was found by triangulating his location with cell towers Thursday afternoon. Penticton Search and Rescue members were mobilized at approximately 1:30 p.m., May 28 after receiving a request for assistance from B.C. Ambulance, who had received a distress call from a man...
Penticton Search and Rescue called out for second time in a week
PENTICTON - A 59-year-old mountain biker was rescued from Campbell Mountain last night after he somehow injured himself. Penticton Search and Rescue was called in by B.C. Ambulance just before 8 p.m. and nine responders attended, according to a release this morning, May 14. Darkness prevented use of a helicopter so they sent out a...
Highflying rescuers stage exercise on Okanagan Lake
PENTICTON – Penticton Search and Rescue teamed up with RCAF 442 Squadron for a joint exercise above Okanagan Lake Saturday morning. Two local Search and Rescue swift water technicians were dropped into the lake off Three Mile Point from a hovering helicopter in a simulation of an overturned boat with survivors. “The RCAF Cormorant approached...
Injured hiker rescued from Skaha Bluffs
PENTICTON - A man from Nova Scotia is being treated at Penticton Regional Hospital this afternoon after being rescued following an accident at Skaha Bluffs. Penticton Search and Rescue members were requested to assist in the man’s rescue by B.C. Ambulance around noon today, April 30. The man, in his 30s, had been hiking in...
Missing Penticton hiker located after weekend search
PENTICTON - With more than a foot of fresh snow in the Brent Mountain area on Saturday a hiker was left out in the cold that night as rescue crews worked quickly to locate the man, who was reported missing after not returning from a day hike. The family of a 19-year-old Penticton man called...
Specialized water rescue tool will help Penticton Search and Rescue crews
PENTICTON - Here is one tool local rescue units may find handy during spring freshet. Penticton Search and Rescue has a new line gun. The gun is used to shoot a small line across a river, and is used to aid victims in river rescue. Member Kelvin Hall says a small line such as a...
Fallen climber rescued by Penticton SAR
PENTICTON - A rock climber who fell about six metres at Skaha Bluffs Friday evening was quickly rescued with the help of Penticton Search and Rescue members. The initial call came in just after 8 p.m on Friday, March 27. B.C. Ambulance was first on scene at Skaha Bluffs just southwest of Penticton and soon...
Search and rescue teams sharpen skills at Penticton meeting
PENTICTON - Penticton was "SAR Central" on the weekend with several teams from the region gathering to hone their skills and share ideas. The event took place in Penticton Saturday, March 14 and teams practised rescue and communication techniques and did a little networking. The teams, which included Penticton Search and Rescue, Central Okanagan Search...
Overdue hiker found after Summerland search
PENTICTON - A search in the Summerland area for a missing woman ended happily for all involved. Penticton Search and Rescue were called to the Summerland area Saturday, March 7 to look for a 28-year-old woman who went missing after a hike. The woman’s West Kelowna family called Summerland RCMP just before 9 p.m. to...
Injured snowmobiler rescued near Peachland
PEACHLAND – A snowmobiler is recovering in hospital after falling off his machine and suffering serious injuries. Just before midnight, Friday, Feb.27, volunteers from the search and rescue outfits in Kelowna and Penticton responded to help ambulance paramedics get to the injured man who had been snowmobiling in the Headwaters area west of Peachland. The...
Busy start to 2015 for Penticton rescue group
PENTICTON - Penticton Search and Rescue members started 2015 with a busy New Years day. The rescue group began 2015 by volunteering to help out at the Summerland Kinsmen’s 30 annual polar bear dip. Eight members provided safety services in and out of the water to keep the 150 frigid frolickers safe as they made...