BACKGROUND:

This material is compiled by amateur radio volunteers at the Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) head office in Victoria, BC.  It is sent throughout British Columbia on the amateur radio packet data network.  It has been retrieved from an amateur radio packet BBS and adapted for the Mindlink BBS.

When a community volunteer SAR group responds to a call for assistance, a task number is issued by PEP headquarters to cover basic expenses.  The information about the operation is provided by the SAR group and makes up the summary of the operational tasks you see below.

For more information contact: 
The Provincial Emergency Program in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 
604-387-3436


From: VE7AKV@VE7VBB.#SVI.BC.CAN.NOAM
To  : PEP@NBC

Weekly statistics compiled from files at PEP HQ, Victoria.

Period: 20 - 26 Mar          Weekly Statistics

Incidents....................... -   101
Persons involved................ -   21
PEP Volunteers.................. -   92
Search & Rescue  - Air.......... -   3
                 - Land..........-   7
                 - Inland waters -   1
Dangerous Goods Spills.......... -   67
Motor Vehicle Incidents......... -   17
Miscellaneous................... -   6
General Enquiries & Information..-   365

Funds Allocated................$11,815

Significant occurances:

1. NWE Region - 19 Mar - UPDATE Missing snowmobiler's body was located 19 Mar
                and brought out by Houston SAR team.

2. KTN Region - 22 Mar - 10 Golden SAR responded to rescue two boys over a
                cliff.  The boys were rescued from the cliff side.  They
                were uninjured.

3. NWE Region - 22 Mar - 2 Terrace SAR responded to search for 2 overdue
                fishermen north of Terrace.   They were located  on an
                unploughed road.  Their vehicle had been stuck in the snow.
                The two fishermen were taken out and the vehicle was brought
                out by tow truck.

4. CTL Region - 23 Mar - 6 Williams Lake SAR and 3 PEP Air responded to
                search for 5 overdue skiers in the Hilda Lake area, east
                of Williams Lake.  The 5 overdue people walked to the
                shore of Hilda Lake.  They were met by ground transportation
                and taken to Horsefly.

5. SCO Region - 25 Mar - 3 Lower Mainland PEP Air responded to search for
                an ELT transmitting in the Pitt Meadows/Langley area.  The
                ELT was located in a helicopter at the Langley Airport and
                shut off prior to the arrival of PEP Air.

6. SCO Region - 26 Mar - 2 Lower Mainland PEP Air members assisted in a
                search after a citizen reported seeing a plane go down south
                of Pitt Meadows near the Serpentine River.  Concurrently
                a report was received by RCC of an ELT sounding in that area.
                12 Surrey SAR members responded to do a ground search.  RCC
                stood search down when it was discovered the ELT was on a
                para-glider that had gone down on Woodside Mt.  (see item 7)

7. SCO Region - 26 Mar - 15 members of Kent SAR responded to rescue a para-
                glider who had crashed on Woodside Mt. in the Kent-Harrison
                area.  Para-glider was rescued and transported to hospital.

8. FVA Region - 26 Mar - 3 Lower-Mainland PEP Air respoded to an RCC request
                to search for an ELT sounding 15 miles NW of Chilliwack.
                ELT sounding was fixed from the air in the Fort Langley
                area.  Search was carried out on the ground using a homer.
                The ELT was located in a glider on the ground.  Switch was
                in "on" position.

9. OKN Region - 26 Mar - 6 Peachland SAR members were called out to
                investigate flashing lights sighted on Okanagan Lake.  SAR
                members in their Zodiac located the lights on a houseboat
                whose motor had seized up on the other side of the lake.

Urban Fires:

                20 March        Williams Lake   4 persons
                21 March        Vanderhoof      4 persons
                23 March        Kimberley       1 person
                25 March        Vernon          2 persons

Notices:

1. The Provincial Emergency Program weekly communications
   checking net operates on 3.735 MHz and 7.060 MHz +/- every
   Wednesday at 0230 UTC.

2. HF Packet net on 3.615 LSB +/- following HF voice net. VE7PEP
   will send a series of CQ calls at 15 second intervals to
   facilitate connecting.