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

Period: 27 Feb - 05 Mar      Weekly Statistics

Incidents....................... -   88
Persons involved................ -   9
PEP Volunteers.................. -   38
Search & Rescue  - Air.......... -   1
                 - Land..........-   5
                 - Inland waters -   2
Dangerous Goods Spills.......... -   65
Motor Vehicle Incidents......... -   10
Miscellaneous................... -   5
General Enquiries & Information..-   280

Funds Allocated................$10,185.00

Significant occurances:

1. SCO Region - 27 Feb - 6 Coquitlam SAR members responding to assist with
                3 persons who had overturned their canoe in Buntzen Lake,
                Coquitlam.  Prior to the arrival of the teams the 3 persons
                were assisted ashore by persons in the area.  They were
                transported to hospital by EHS, checked for hypothermia and
                released.

2. NEA Region - 27 Feb - 1 member Dawson Creek PEP Air responded to request
                from RCC to an ELT sounding between Ft. St. John and Dawson
                Creek at 55.54N and 120.23W.  Incident was closed when no
                confirmed ELT hit could be obtained after several satellite
                passes over the area.

3. KTN Region - 28 Feb - 1 member of Invermere SAR assisted in the rescue of
                a person injured in an avalanche.  Four persons were caught
                but only one was injured.  Injured party was brought out to
                EHS helicopter and was transported to hospital with undeter-
                mined injuries.

4. SCO Region - 01 Mar - 4 members of Pemberton SAR responded in rescue of
                injured snowmobiler at the Coast Outdoor School.  Search
                team utilized snowmobile and toboggan to transport injured
                person to an area where the EHS could pick him up.  It is
                believed that the injury was a broken hip.

5. NEA Region - 05 Mar - Members of the Prince George and McBride SAR teams
                responded to search for a buried snowmobiler near Cecilia
                Lake, Kawka Recreation Site, north of McBride near the
                Alberta border.  8 Valemount SAR members were placed on
                standby and one Prince George SAR member assisted.  Search
                is continuing.

Urban Fires:

                28 Feb  Sidney          17 persons
                01 Mar  Gibsons          2 persons
                03 Mar  Sooke            4 persons
                05 Mar  Kelowna          1 person


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.