Avalanche conditions are High across the board out there! Choose your terrain carefully over the next couple of days!

It was a pleasure today to have @steve4kelowna and @normletnick visit us today to provide a cheque from the Community Gaming Program. These funds are essential in helping us bring loved ones home to their families. #bcsar #kelowna

Members from COSAR were near Westwold today supporting Kamloops Search and Rescue for a mutual aid task.

Heading to Roger’s Pass this weekend for some early season backcountry skiing or boarding? Make sure you check the avalanche forecast, have the necessary safety gear, and the training to us it!

The team is returning from an early evening call out to search for a missing hunter. We were called out at 5:30 to search for a hunter that was separated from his partner. The subject was located around 9:00PM in steep, densely forested terrain loaded with deadfall. The subject was in good health and spirits. Tonight was another example of subjects making good decisions once they realized they were in trouble.

On Thursday night, COSAR was on hand cooking up burgers and hotdogs at the Banner Recreation Open House. The team at Banners has been an awesome supporter of COSAR over the years and it’s always great to get out and help them with their open house and meet their awesome customers!

Last night COSAR and VSAR were tasked out to search for a missing female near Hydraulic lake. The search is ongoing. #kelowna

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue is Now Recruiting! Important Dates: 1. There will be an Open House at Okanagan College on September 19. It will be held in room H115 and will begin at 7 pm. This will be an informational session and an opportunity for you to meet current members and have your questions answered. 2. The deadline for all applications is September 26th at 5 pm. ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE ATTACHED TO YOUR APPLICATION. Any applications with missing documents will not be considered. On your application, please include as much detailed information about yourself as possible. Learn more at: http://www.cosar.ca/

It was a busy start to the long weekend for Central Okanagan Search and Rescue volunteers. At 5:30 Friday morning, COSAR was called by RCMP to help locate a missing female in the Smith Creek area of West Kelowna. A dozen searchers responded and, thanks to help from the public, she was found and taken to hospital an hour later. Less than 12 hours after that, COSAR was tasked by BC Ambulance to stabilize and extract an injured mountain biker from the KVR. A female tourist crashed at Trestle 8 at Myra Canyon and suffered a compound fracture to her arm. She was stabilized and transported by UTV to a waiting ambulance where she was taken to Kelowna General Hospital for treatment. COSAR would like to thank members of the public and the Myra Canyon Trail Host for their assistance.

At just after 8pm tonight, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue was called out to assist Kelowna Fire Department and B.C. Ambulance rescue an injured mountain biker on Vapour in Crawford Trails. The subject had injured her shoulder while on a group ride. Her group did everything right. In particular they recognized that she was going to need assistance and called 911 immediately. Members of COSAR’s bike team reached the subject approximately 1 hour after the initial call to 911 was placed. The team assessed and managed the subject’s injury and coordinated a plan for extraction with KFD. KFD, and B.C. Ambulance, used KFD’s Gator to reach the COSAR members and subject. The subject was then transported down the trail and transferred to a waiting ambulance at approximately 10:30pm. COSAR would like to thank the subject’s mountain bike group for their assistance and doing an awesome job supporting the subject while waiting for help to arrive. Photo: @foilans_photography #bcsar #teamwork #kelowna