NORTH SHORE RESCUE TEAM SOCIETY

                                CALLOUT PROCEDURE
                            (Effective February 1995)

The North Shore Rescue team is activated through the North Vancouver RCMP 
office.  The following outline will guide you through the procedure.

1 - Call the North Vancouver RCMP at (604) 985-1311 (See also Note 1 below).
2 - Explain who you are and ask for the officer in charge.
3 - Briefly explain who you are and that you need them to page the
    North Shore Rescue team.
4 - Be sure to provide a contact number that will not be busy when the
    SAR managers return your call.


Note 1:  During working hours (Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30) the North and West
         Vancouver Emergency Program should be called to activate the North
         Shore Rescue Team.  This is more efficient than calling the RCMP.

         The Emergency Program telephone number is (604) 985-3713.


Note 2:  The Team callout procedure shown above is the most accurate and
         efficient means of contacting the team and should be followed at
         all times.  Do not contact team members individually as this could
         cause delays in the response.


CALLOUT RESPONSE

When the North Shore Rescue team is paged, three duty SAR managers will
respond.  If the initial page included your telephone number, then you will
receive all three calls at some point.  After you have given your information
to the first SAR manager that calls, then just give that persons name to the
other two when they call. This saves you repeating the information three times.


TEAM ADDRESS

The North Shore Rescue Team is affilliated with the North & West Vancouver
Emergency Program based in North Vancouver.  The Team uses the Emergency
Program address:

  165 East 13th St.
  North Vancouver, BC
  V7L 2L3


TEAM OVERVIEW

The North Shore Rescue Team is based in North Vancouver and has approximately 
40 - 45 members. While there may be as many as ten members in training who
have been with the Team less than a year, all members have had to meet
certain standards to qualify for entry on the Team.  The basic membership
requirements include a demonstrated knowledge of map and compass, extensive
area familiarity, basic first aid, radio communications and basic climbing
skills.  A number of members have very advanced training and experience in
the areas of first aid, climbing, tracking and communications.

Training sessions held each Tuesday night and on many weekends, includes
additional and more advanced training that ensures that members are capable
of working in all weather and most terrain conditions.

Members are equipped to be self sufficient for 24 hours and their safety
equipment includes: helmuts, harness and basic climbing equipment, rope,
Pieps beacon, snow shovel, ice axe, avalanche probe, flare kit, first aid
kit, survival kit, whistle, compass and map, altimeter, and snowshoes. In
addition, all members are generally equipped with clothing to suit the
working environment.

The North Shore Rescue Team responds to approximately 40 calls a year in the
mountains surrounding the North Shore.  The team operates a mobile command
and communications unit as a search base and uses the offices of the
Emergency Program as a resource centre during the operation. 

The Team has many specialized pieces of equipment that it can utilize during
any operation.  Some of these items are: Advanced hypothermia treatment and
first aid equipment, portable radio repeater and transportable base units,
transportable base camp kit and cliff rescue kits.  If your operation
requires any of this specialized equipment, be sure to let the SAR managers
know so arrangements can be made to include this equipment in the response.