From        : VE7AKV
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Date/time   : 15-Nov 13:06
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Message #   : 178078
Title       : PEP Bulletin 4494
Path: !VE7ROB!VE7DIE!VE7VBB!

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

VE7AKV/TPK 1.82 Msg #:6  Date:15-11-94  Time:11:09Z


Forwarding Path: VE7PEP @ VE7VBB      No.4494    Date: 15 NOV 94

Weekly statistics compiled from files at PEP HQ, Victoria.

Period: 07 - 13 Nov          Weekly Statistics

Incidents....................... -   112
Persons involved................ -   21
PEP Volunteers.................. -   246
Search & Rescue  - Air.......... -   0
                 - Land..........-   16
                 - Inland waters -   1
Dangerous Goods Spills.......... -   80
Motor Vehicle Incidents......... -   12
Miscellaneous................... -   3
General Enquiries & Information..-   441

Funds Allocated................$10,580

Significant occurances:

1. KTN Region - 07Nov - Nelson SAR team assisted EHS in bringing an injured
                male out from a bush area near Nelson.  Male had fallen
                and broken his leg.  It took 6 SAR members 6 hours to bring
                victim out.

2. NEA Region - 08 Nov - One SAR member in McBride assisted RCMP in
                organizing a search team for first light to locate two
                overdue snowmobilers on Belle Mt. near McBride.  Before
                light one of the snowmobilers came out of the area and
                reported that his partner had fallen down a cliff with his
                snowmobile and was badly injured.  SAR members and paramedics
                responded with an evacuation sled to the scene and brought the
                victim out.  He had suffered two broken arms and was
                transported to hospital.

3. FVA Region - 09 Nov - Island County Sheriff's Department of Washington
                State requested two members from the Maple Ridge SAR group,
                with a search dog, to assist them in locating an elderly
                male with Alzheimer's Disease.  He was missing on Orcas Island.
                Tracks were located and there was no longer and requirement
                for dog assistance as trackers were available on the island.
                Male was located and found to be OK.

4. FVA Region - 12 Nov - 17 Kent/Harrison SAR members assisted by 10 members
                from Chilliwack SAR responded in the rescue of a hiker who
                had fallen down a cliff in the Chehalis River Valley, 30 kms
                northwest of Agassiz.  Hiker was located, rope lifted to
                ambulance and taken to Chilliwack hospital.  He was alive
                but had suffered severe injuries in the fall.

5. VIS Region - 13 Nov - 11 members of the Port Alberni SAR responded to search
                for 3 lost hunters on Beaufort Range.  The hunters, a father
                and 2 his sons were located OK.  Their vehicle had become
                stuck in the snow.


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. The HF Packet net is still off the air.  The return of this net will be
   notified in this bulletin.


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