Central Okanagan Search & Rescue

3 CORD SAR responded to assist BCAS with an injured male down an embankment near Beaver Lake Resort. SAR team was quickly stood down when BCAS advised the patient had been extracted with another ATV. 

5 Central Okanagan SAR members responded to rescue an injured horseback rider on the beach near the Okanagan Stables in Kelowna. Subject was packaged and transported out by boat for transfer to BCAS.

13 Central Okanagan SAR and 4 PEP Air members responded to search for a missing male in the Big White area. The individual was located in good condition and handed over to the RCMP.

17 COSAR members responded to search for a missing 89 year old male suffering from dementia in Mission Creek Park. He was located in good condition and handed over to RCMP to be reunited with family.

1 COSAR member responded to rescue 3 people in a sinking boat on Osoyoos Lake. SAR was stood down as the boat had broken free and was in no danger of sinking.

On 19 July 14, 15 Central Okanagan SAR members were re-activated to expand the search for a male who went missing from the James Lake area back in January 2014. Nothing was found.

26 SAR members from Grand Forks, Castlegar, Central Okanagan, Penticton, Oliver/Osoyoos, Rossland and South Columbia Valley responded to the Kettle River Provincial Park to search for a missing mentally challenged 19 year old male who ran away from his parents and their campsite. SAR was stood down when the subject was located after having hitchhiked home to Kelowna.

9 Central Okanagan SAR members responded to search for a missing male at James Lake near Kelowna. No evidence was found indicating he was in the area and search was suspended by RCMP pending further investigation.

1 Central Okanagan SAR member responded to search for a missing motorist near the Postill Lake Road/Beaver Lake Road area of Kelowna. SAR was stood down when RCMP located the vehicle and the subject.

6 COSAR members responded to rescue 2 stranded boaters off Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Lake. The subjects were picked up and dropped off at the Peachland Docks.