Mother Nature decided to bust out a beautiful sunset for our Thursday night training! #bcsar #kelowna #rdco #westkelowna

Yesterday was a busy day. We were called out in the morning to assist B.C. Ambulance with an injured dirt biker. The paramedics did an awesome job extracting the subject before we arrived. At 8:40pm we were then called out to help an injured mountain biker at Smith Creek. We want to say a huge thank you to the several mountain bikers that were in the area and stayed with the subject until we arrived and then helped with extraction. #mtbco #bcsar #kelowna #westkelowna #bcas

Tuesday morning, COSAR and PENSAR was called out to support the RCMP in Glenrosa for the search of a missing subject. He was located safe that evening by RCMP. #greatending #bcsar

Several COSAR members joined members from a number of other teams today for SARNIVAL. Held in Summerland, and organized by Penticton Search and Rescue, this annual event provides search and rescue volunteers a chance to hone their skills and get to know their counterparts from other teams. We had so much fun that our media team forgot to take pictures until the very end of the event! Thank you to everyone involved in organizing this great event!

Tonight, COSAR was called out to support the Kelowna Fire Department’s rope team with a high angle rope rescue in Canyon Falls. #kelowna #kelownafiredepartment #bcsar

Thursday night’s training consisted of a full search and rescue scenario. The practice scenario included a search for two subjects, dealing with a simulated broken leg and fractured pelvis for one subject, mild hypothermia for the second subject, and packaging of subjects with transport by UTV. Thank you to all team members for volunteering 4+ hours on a weekday night to further improve your skills so that others may live! #bcsar #bcadventuresmart #kelowna

You can never have enough avalanche training. Two COSAR members recently joined 11 other regional SAR members on an Organized Avalanche Response course at @skibigwhite .

Team members spent a long cold night on the backside of Big White searching for a lost skier. Temperatures were well below -20c throughout the night. The subject was located by team members around 2am and extracted the following morning by helicopter. #thatothersmaylive #bcsar #bcadventuresmart

Several COSAR team members recently completed their AST1 course. Have you taken it or had a recent refresh? #avalanchecanada #bcsar #kelowna #slednecks #backcountryskiing

Today, COSAR members were in Merritt on a mutual aid task searching for a cowboy missing since Saturday. Several teams from throughout the region were involved and will be back on site tomorrow.