Incident Summary for the Week of
May 10 - May 16, 1999
This summary is produced for the PEP web pages by Alex Stewart of PEP Amateur Radio, VE7PEP.
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Legend- PEP Region Codes used: (click here for map)
NEA- North East
CTL- Central
VIR- Vancouver Island
SEA- South East
NWE- North West
SWE- South West
Bulletin #2099
Incidents....................... - 79
Persons involved................ - 10
PEP Volunteers.................. - 71
Search & Rescue - Air.......... - 0
- Land..........- 6
- Inland waters - 0
Dangerous Goods & Oil Spills.... - 52
Motor Vehicle Incidents......... - 10
Other (floods, fires etc.)...... - 11
General Enquiries & Information..- 376
Significant occurrences:
1. SEA Region - 29 Apr. UPDATE, Bul. 1999, item 1 refers. 3 Beaver
Valley and 9 Castlegar SAR members conducted further
searches for missing elderly male Sat.15th May 99.
Large wooded area adjacent to where missing male's
vehicle was located was rechecked. Nothing was found
and RCMP have now stood down search.
2. SWE Region - 10 May - 20 Surrey SAR members responded to the 120th
and 74th area of Delta following report of a missing
20 year old special needs female. She was reported
missing from the Sikh Temple since 8:30pm. Search was
stood down after RCMP located missing female at home.
She had left the temple on her own without notifying
her parents.
3. CTL Region - 12 May - 6 Oliver SAR members searched the urban
Oliver area for an 80 year old female reported missing
from the Oliver Regional Hospital. She was dressed
only in night clothing and suffered dementia. The
female was located hiding in a closet during a search
of the hospital by RCMP.
4. NEA Region - 15 May - 7 Quesnel SAR members responded to the Baker
Creek area, SW of Quesnel where a female teenager
went over a cliff. The rope rescue team, rappelled
down to her and determined that she had been out
walking her dogs when the ground gave out beneath her.
She suffered a few bumps and bruises from the fall.
5. SWE Region - 15 May - 12 Kent Harrison SAR members assisted
BC Ambulance staff with the rescue of three occupants
in a vehicle which had gone over an embankment at
Mount Woodside, near Agassiz. SAR members brought the
three injured occupants of the vehicle up the steep
embankment to waiting ambulance and were then
transported to hospital.
6. NEA Region - 16 May - Yukon EMO requested mutual aid assistance
from Fort Nelson SAR following report of a missing
male, 50Km from Watson Lake. Apparently he attended
a "bush party", became disoriented wandered off.
9 members from Fort Nelson SAR responded.
10 Whitehorse SAR members also provided mutual aid
assistance. Search ongoing.
7. NEA Region - 16 May - 5 100-Mile House SAR were called to assist
in a 2-plane collision at the 108-Mile House airstrip.
3 passengers needed extrication but were removed prior
to teams' arrival.
BODY RECOVERY
On 10 May, RCMP requested assistance from Creston Search and Rescue
to effect recovery of a body from Summit Creek Park in West Creston.
The body of a 21-year-old male was recovered and turned over to
authorities. 15 SAR members responded.
On 11 May, RCMP requested assistance from North Shore Search and Rescue
to assist in a body recovery. The SAR team responded 10 May, 99 and
searched for a body that had been caught in an avalanche that had
occurred on Grouse Grind, North Vancouver in January 99. Greater
Vancouver Regional District will provide a helicopter to conduct over
flights of the search area throughout the week. The SAR team will
also conduct ground based radar mapping.
On 16 May, RCMP requested Gold River Search and Rescue to effect
recovery of a body from the Drum Lake area approximately 18 miles east
of the Town of Gold River. 5 SAR members responded, located the body
and turned it over the Coroner.
EVIDENCE SEARCH
On 12 May, Agassiz RCMP requested Kent/Harrison Search and Rescue to
conduct an evidence search following report of a bag containing bones
located at Bear Creek on the east side of Harrison Lake. 8 SAR members
responded and determined that the bones were not human but were animal
remains.
On 14 May Surrey and Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue teams were
requested by RCMP to search Stanley Park, Vancouver for the bodies of
2 boys who were murdered in the 1980's. The search was conducted on
15 May, however nothing was found.
FLOOD
On 14 May, Ministry of Environment Lands and Parks (MELP), Water
Management reported that Asp Creek, a tributary of the Tulameen River
near Princeton could be blocked by a nearby landslide. The resulting
flood would threaten ten homes. The ground is saturated and rainfall
would worsen the threat. MELP, Conservation Office, City of
Princeton and the Regional District did not have the staff to continue
monitoring the situation. The City of Princeton Public Works
Department was tasked to raise the road as a dike to prevent flooding.
PEP approved a maximum of $15,000 to cover the cost of the project,
which was completed 15 May 1999.
URBAN FIRE(S):
DATE LOCATION PEOPLE IMPACTED
1O May 99 Nanaimo 1 person
10 May 99 Nanaimo 5 persons
12 May 99 Saltspring Island 4 persons
11 May 99 Kelowna 1 person
15 May 99 Thornhill 2 persons
PEP Amateur Radio Notices:
- 1.
- The Provincial Emergency Program H.F. communications checking net, which operates on 3.735 MHz and watches 7.060 MHz +/-, will open at 1900 hrs. local Victoria time (PST/PDST) each Wednesday, with VE7PEP as Net Co-ordinating Station.
- 2.
- The PEP HF Packet net is conducted on 3.615 MHz +/- LSB before and after the HF voice net. VE7PEP will beacon at 10 second intervals to facilitate connecting. The packet beacon is turned off for the duration of the voice net because of local interference problems.
- 3.
- The Base Amateur Radio Service (VE7RCN) has created a Packet/ PACTOR Development Team. The Team operates a PACTOR net at 1930 hrs. Wednesday evenings on 3612 kHz LSB. All amateurs with PACTOR capability are urged to participate in this development effort.
- 4.
- The PEP Emergency Co-ordination Centre may be reached at:
1-800-663-3456 - 5.
- The following are the PEP Regional Amateur Radio Representatives with a telephone number where messages may be left for their attention:
Region Name Call Phone # Fax # South West Ken Boles VE7FYB (604)586-2939 (604)586-2959 North West Kim Olfert VE7DZV (250)638-2151 (250)638-2152 North East Graig Pearen VE7EAP (250)565-6115 (250)565-6886 Central Ken McEachern VE7EFL (250)828-4357 (250)828-4971 South East Reg Gulliford VE7DCU (250)354-6395 (250)354-6561 Vancouver Is.(N) George Field VE7DCU (250)334-3944 Vancouver Is.(S) Jim Fisk VE7JFI (250)479-7557 Vancouver Island Region (250)751-7209 (250)751-7239
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