Incident Summary for the Week of
October 15 - October 21, 2001
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 #4201
Incidents....................... - 104
Persons involved................ - 13
PEP Volunteers.................. - 171
Search & Rescue - Air.......... - 2
- Land..........- 11
- Inland waters - 2
Dangerous Goods & Oil Spills.... - 60
Motor Vehicle Incidents......... - 22
Other (floods, fires etc.)...... - 7
General Enquiries & Information..- 686
Significant occurrences:
1. VIR Region - 15 Oct. - 7 Sooke SAR responded to RCMP request to
assist in locating two overdue surfers at Jordan
River. SAR members were stood down after RCMP
helicopter spotted the two at a campfire. RCMP dropped
food down to the subjects where they would be staying
until morning.
2. SWE Region - 15 Oct. - 6 Pemberton SAR and 4 PEP Air members
responded to assist RCMP in locating two overdue
mushroom pickers between Harrison and Lillooet Lakes.
PEP Air and SAR were stood down after the subjects
checked in with RCMP in fine condition.
3. CTL Region - 15 Oct. - 11 Kamloops, 1 Logan Lake, 9 Penticton,
2 Central Fraser Valley, 6 Central Okanagan, 5 Hope
SAR members, 3 Emergency Social Services, and 1
First Nations Social Services Worker, assisted the
RCMP in the search for a missing 16 yr old First
Nations female in the Merritt area. A thorough urban
search, shoreline search of the Nicola River, a over
fly with the RCMP helicopter and ATVs in the
surrounding mountain areas did not turn up any clues.
The search was stood down pending further police
investigation.
4. VIR Region - 16 Oct. - 8 Port Alberni SAR responded to a report of
a truck that flipped over and went into a river in the
Arrowsmith area. On arrival to the scene there was no
one in or around the vehicle.
5. SWE Region - 16 Oct. - 1 North Shore Rescue responded to rescue an
injured hiker on the Grouse Grind in North Vancouver.
The hiker was bandaged up and passed to BCAS for
transport to the hospital.
6. VIR Region - 16 Oct. - 13 Saltspring and 4 Duncan SAR responded to
search for a youth that left his group while on a
canoe trip on Saltspring Island. SAR teams were stood
down the following morning after notification that the
male had stayed in the bush all night and returned to
his father's residence in the morning.
7. NEA Region - 17 Oct. - RCC requested PEP Air assistance in locating
an ELT sounding 20 km NW of the Prince George Airport.
RCC stood down PEP Air prior to search as they had
located the ELT.
8. SWE Region - 17 Oct. - 18 North Shore Rescue responded to request
from RCMP to rescue an injured hiker on the Grouse
Grind. The subject was packaged and brought down the
hill on the tram, and was then turned over to BCAS
for transport to hospital.
9. CTL Region - 17 Oct. - 3 Princeton SAR responded with 2 RCMP to
locate a male that left his vehicle and entered the
woods after being chased by RCMP in the Whipsaw Creek
area. He was not armed or dangerous. RCMP believes
the male came out of the bush after they had left the
scene, search was stood down.
10. CTL Region - 18 Oct. - 28 SAR members from Penticton, Central
Okanagan, Keremeos and Oliver augmented with 4 PEP Air
and 4 Penticton Marine Rescue responded to Naramata to
search for a 90 year old male suffering from
Alzheimer's who wandered away from his residence
overnight. SAR teams conducted extensive ground and
shoreline searches. Search was stood down after
missing male was located, deceased.
11. NEA Region - 19 Oct. - 9 Fort Nelson SAR responded to RCMP call
out for a vehicle in the Muskwa River. RCMP stood
down the search when RCMP divers reported no driver
in vehicle. RCMP will conduct further investigation.
12. SEA Region - 19 Oct. - 6 Sparwood SAR members responded to search
for an overdue hunter in the Grave Lake area near
Sparwood. The search was stood down when the hunter
walked out of the area on his own.
13. SWE Region - 19 Oct. - 1 PEP Air member responded to an ELT
sounding in the White Rock area. RCC stood down PEP
Air when the source of the ELT was located.
14. VIR Region - 20 Oct. - 10 Alberni Valley SAR members responded to
search for a mushroom picker missing overnight in the
Mount Arrowsmith area. He was located alive and well.
His truck had broken down and he remained with the
vehicle overnight.
15. SEA Region - 21 Oct. - 6 Cranbrook SAR responded to assist in
locating a drunken male in a suburb of Cranbrook. The
male was located later by the RCMP.
BODY RECOVERY
On 16 Oct 01, 4 Williams Lake SAR responded to coroner's request to
retrieve a body that was spotted in a ravine, east of Alexis Creek.
EVIDENCE SEARCH
On 17 Oct, RCMP requested Golden SAR to assist in an evidence search
after human remains, believed to be those of an individual missing
since 1983, were discovered on 16 Oct 01. Two SAR members were flown
by RCMP helicopter to the site, and evidence was located and placed
in RCMP custody. Due to level of the snow line there will be no
further searching until spring.
MISCELLANEOUS
On 18 Oct 01, Manager of Policy and Programs at PEP Headquarters
raised a Task # in amount of $10,000.00 to cover province wide response
to suspected biological/chemical terrorist acts.
URBAN FIRE (S):
DATE LOCATION IMPACTED
15 Oct 01 Surrey 4 people
17 Oct 01 Richmond 20 people
18 Oct 01 Princeton 4 people
20 Oct 01 Fort St John 1 person
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