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Mutual Aid, Nelson

Starts at Wednesday, 10 December, 2014 - 16:30
Ends at Thursday, 11 December, 2014 - 20:00
Location Whitewater Ski Resort

Two members of Sparwood SAR travelled to the Whitewater ski resort near Nelson to assist in the search for a 47 year old male skier who had been missing since Monday.

Missing 74y/o male

Starts at Saturday, 6 September, 2014 - 01:10
Ends at Saturday, 6 September, 2014 - 19:30
Location Kishinena Creek

Sparwood SAR was activated to locate a 74 year old male who had not returned from a hiking/camping trip in the Flathead River valley.

Missing male

Starts at Saturday, 9 August, 2014 - 17:24
Ends at Saturday, 9 August, 2014 - 18:25
Location Greenwood Mall

Sparwood SAR was requested to help the RCMP locate a missing male in Sparwood.

Missing Male - Sparwood

Starts at Tuesday, 20 May, 2014 - 09:25
Ends at Tuesday, 20 May, 2014 - 09:44
Location Sparwood SAR Hall

Sparwood SAR was requested by the RCMP to search for a missing male.

St. Mary's River Search

Starts at Saturday, 5 July, 2014 - 22:47
Ends at Sunday, 13 July, 2014 - 16:00
Location st. mary's river

Mutual aid request from Kimberley SAR for swiftwater team and Ground Search & Rescue members to search for a missing male in the St. Mary's River.

Mutual Aid - Search in the Kootenay River

Starts at Thursday, 12 September, 2013 - 13:25
Ends at Thursday, 12 September, 2013 - 21:30
Location Kootenay River at Wardner

Sparwood SAR was requested by Kimbereley SAR to provide Swift Water team members to search the Kootenay River at Wardner.

SPOT Activation, Corbin Road

Starts at Monday, 26 August, 2013 - 15:30
Ends at Monday, 26 August, 2013 - 17:30
Location Corbin Pipeline Area

Sparwood SAR was contacted by RCMP, advising that a SPOT beacon had its "SOS" mode activated in a backcountry location in the Corbin Road area.

Possible boater in distress

Starts at Saturday, 24 August, 2013 - 17:25
Ends at Saturday, 24 August, 2013 - 18:00
Location Elk River, South of Sparwood

Sparwood SAR was contacted by RCMP, who had received a report of items floating down the Elk River that may have indicated a boater in distress. Upon further investigation by RCMP and SAR, it

Report of crashed aircraft

Starts at Friday, 2 August, 2013 - 18:30
Ends at Friday, 2 August, 2013 - 21:30
Location South of Sparwood

Sparwood SAR was requested by the RCMP to search for a plane the might have gone down south of Sparwood.

Mutual Aid - Search in Bull River

Starts at Wednesday, 26 June, 2013 - 10:15
Ends at Saturday, 6 July, 2013 - 17:15
Location Bull River

Sparwood SAR was requested by Cranbrook SAR to search the Bull River for one missing male. Sparwood SAR helped search for 4 days and assisted the recovery of the subject from the river.

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